▎ 摘　　要

The existence of a photonic bandgap in the visible range of light spectrum corresponding to a 1D graphene-based photonic crystal which recently has been proposed and is formed by embedding alternatively graphene layers into a dielectric background is investigated in this paper. By the use of the complete form of optical conductivity for the full expression of the tight-binding Hamiltonian of graphene layer, we numerically demonstrate an appeared bandgap in the visible region of the spectrum which can open up new route for further high-frequency applications of graphene-based photonic devices. It is revealed that the associated bandgap could be altered by changing the hopping energy and the amount of chemical potential leading to broadening the forbidden frequency regions with further increasing. Finally, it is also shown that the tunability feature of the photonic bandgap could be affected by changing the hopping energy. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.