Conformal coating of tailored photonic crystals fabricated using multiphoton lithography

Author

Chen, Vincent W. ; Fang, Yunnan ; Zhang, Yadong ; Perry, K.J. ; Sandhage, Ken H. ; Perry, Joseph W.

Author_Institution

Center for Org. Photonic & Electron., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Titania sol-gel and silver electro-less deposition processes were utilized to apply conformal coatings to multiphoton lithographically fabricated polymer photonic crystal templates, resulting in enhanced refractive index and stop band reflectivity.

Keywords

electroless deposited coatings; multiphoton processes; optical fabrication; optical films; optical polymers; photolithography; photonic crystals; refractive index; silver; sol-gel processing; titanium compounds; Si; TiO₂; conformal coating; electro-less deposition; multiphoton lithography; optical fabrication; polymer photonic crystal; refractive index; sol-gel process; stop band reflectivity; tailored photonic crystal; Coatings; Lithography; Optical polymers; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Polymer films; Reflectivity; Silver; (130.3060) Infrared; (190.4180) Multiphoton processes; (220.3740) Lithography; (350.3450) Photonic bandgap materials; (999.9999) Nanofabrication; 160.3900 Metals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225911