Title :
Tungsten inverse opals: the influence of absorption on the photonic band structure in the visible spectral region
Author :
Von Freymann, Georg ; John, Sajeev ; Schulz-Dobrick, Martin ; Vekris, Evangellos ; Tetreault, N. ; Wong, Sean ; Kitaev, V. ; Ozin, Geoffrey A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
We fabricate and characterize tungsten inverse opals for the visible and near-infrared spectral region. The influence of absorption in this spectral region and the resulting breakdown of the bandstructure are experimentally investigated in detail
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; tungsten; visible spectra; W; near-infrared spectral region; photonic band structure; tungsten inverse opals; visible spectral region;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
