Face centered cubic photonic bandgap materials based on opal-semiconductor composites

Author

Míguez, H. ; Blanco, A. ; López, C. ; Meseguer, F. ; Yates, H.M. ; Pemble, M.E. ; López-Tejeira, F. ; García-Vidal, F.J. ; Sánchez-Dehesa, J.

Author_Institution

CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1975

Lastpage

1981

Abstract

We discuss photonic crystal properties of semiconductor-opal composites and explore the possibility of using these structures as photonic bandgap (PEG) materials in the visible and near-infrared region of the spectrum. Integrated reflectance in the optical region is used to show that the photonic crystal behavior of InP opal is enhanced with respect to the bare matrix as a result of the new refractive index contrast. Order-N band structure and transfer matrix calculations have proved to be in good agreement with the experiments. In addition, a strong coupling effect has been observed between CdS photoluminescence and the photonic structure, which leads to a partial inhibition of the spontaneous emission

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; III-V semiconductors; cadmium compounds; composite materials; indium compounds; infrared spectra; photoluminescence; photonic band gap; refractive index; spontaneous emission; visible spectra; CdS; FCC photonic bandgap materials; InP; near-infrared spectra; opal-semiconductor composites; photoluminescence; photonic crystal; reflectance; refractive index contrast; spontaneous emission; strong coupling; transfer matrix calculations; visible spectra; Composite materials; Crystalline materials; Integrated optics; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Reflectivity; Semiconductor materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.802983

Filename

802983