Title :
Impact of polydispersity on optical quality of colloidal photonic crystals
Author :
Allard, Mathieu ; Sargent, Edward H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of the non-uniformity of the particle size on the lattice quality and the optical properties of colloidal photonic crystals. Size variations exceeding /spl sim/2% result in disordered lattices with degraded optical properties.
Keywords :
colloidal crystals; crystal structure; particle size; photonic crystals; colloidal photonic crystals; disordered lattices; lattice quality; optical quality; particle size; polydispersity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
