Artificial Opals as Nanophotonic Materials for Optical Communication

Author

Lavrinenko, Andrei V. ; Leyrer, Reinhold J. ; Wohlleben, Wendel ; Dissaux, Nolwenn ; Heggarty, Kevin ; Boyle, Mark ; Kiyan, Roman ; Neumeister, Andre

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

211

Abstract

We report on advances in the fabrication of thick and homogeneous polymer opals films with bead sizes up to 600 nm; photo-ablation and point and line defect inscription with femtosecond laser pulses; analysis of the influence of imperfections on opal transmission-reflection properties and numerical and experimental characterization of fabricated samples.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; nanostructured materials; optical communication; optical materials; polymer films; artificial opals; femtosecond laser pulses; homogeneous polymer opals films; line defect inscription; nanophotonic materials; optical communication; photo-ablation; transmission-reflection properties; Atomic force microscopy; Diffraction; Nanostructured materials; Optical fiber communication; Optical materials; Optical microscopy; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; imperfections; laser diffraction; three-dimensional photonic crystals; two-photon polymerization; vertical deposition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296182

Filename

4296182