Title :
Fabrication techniques of high quality photonic crystals
Author :
Diop, Mamadou ; Lessard, Roger A.
Author_Institution :
Centre d´´Opt., Laval Univ., Canada
Abstract :
We present two innovative fabrication techniques that increase the refractive index contrast of opal-based photonic crystals. To improve the structural regularity of the photonic crystals, the polycristallinity and the defects from stratification of the opals are eliminated by modifying the surface potential of the substrates.
Keywords :
crystallisation; inhomogeneous media; opacity; optical fabrication; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refractive index; substrates; surface potential; fabrication techniques; opal defect; photonic crystals; polycrystallinity; refractive index contrast; stratification; structural regularity; substrates; surface potential; Colloidal crystals; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Dielectric materials; Optical device fabrication; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338716
