Planar Photonic Crystal with Thermo-Optical Switching

Author

Gunyakov, V.A. ; Gerasimov, V.P. ; Myslivets, S.A. ; Arkhipkin, V.G. ; Vetrov, S.Ya. ; Kamaev, G.N. ; Shabanov, A.V. ; Zyryanov, V.Ya. ; Shabanov, V.F.

Author_Institution

L.V. Kirensky Inst. of Phys., Russian Acad. of Sci., Krasnoyarsk

fYear

2006

fDate

June 29 2006-July 1 2006

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

369

Abstract

Temperature dependence of the transmission spectrum of one-dimensional multilayer photonic crystal with a liquid crystal defect layer has been studied. Dielectric multilayers have been fabricated by deposition of an alternating stack of SiO₂ and ZrO₂ layers on the glass substrate. Homeotropic layer of nematic liquid crystal 5CB is introduced between two multilayers as a defect of the periodic structure. The photonic crystal under study forms the first photonic bandgap in the visible range of the transmission spectrum with a set of the localized modes which number and positions are determined by properties of the defect layer and multilayer dielectric mirrors. The red shift of the defect modes about 10 run has been observed at the nematic-isotropic phase transition. The defect modes positions calculated by the transfer matrix method are in a good agreement with experimental data

Keywords

dielectric materials; nematic liquid crystals; optical multilayers; optical switches; phase transformations; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; red shift; thermo-optical effects; transfer function matrices; SiO₂; SiO₂-ZrO₂; defect modes; dielectric multilayers; glass substrate; liquid crystal defect; localized modes; multilayer dielectric mirrors; nematic liquid crystal; nematic-isotropic phase transition; one dimensional multilayer; one dimensional photonic crystal; periodic structure; photonic bandgap; planar protonic crystal; red shift; temperature dependence; thermooptical switching; transfer matrix method; transmission spectrum; Dielectric substrates; Glass; Liquid crystals; Mirrors; Nonhomogeneous media; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Temperature dependence; Transmission line matrix methods; bandgap; defect mode; nematic liquid crystal; photonic crystal; thermo-optical switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 8-th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharkiv

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0233-6

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0234-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2006.251987

Filename

4018206