Inthispaper,weproposeamethodtoimproveanti-radiationcapabilitybycoatingheavymetalX-rayprotectionglasswithcompoundphotoniccrystallayers,basedontheuniquepropertyofphotoniccrystalthatlightcannotbepropagatedwithintherangeofbandgaps.Usingtheplanewaveexpansionmethod,wemadeatheoreticalstudyofparametersaffectingthebandgapstructuresofone-dimensionalphotoniccrystals.Basedonthefindings,wechoseappropriatematerialsandcompoundstructureofphotoniccrystalsoastogethighX-rayreflectioncoatingphotoniccrystallayers.Bythismethod,thereflectionratewithinX-raywavelengthcanreachthemaximumvalueof100%,andtheaveragevalueofover90%.Evenlow-costheavymetalX-rayprotectionglassofabsorptioncoefficientvaluecanachievethedesiredeffect.Thus,thismethodgreatlydecreasestheanti-radiationrequirementsofheavyX-rayprotectionglass.
