Synthesis and optical properties of opal and inverse opal photonic crystals

被引:75
作者
Johnson, NP [1 ]
McComb, DW
Richel, A
Treble, BM
De la Rue, RM
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Glasgow, Dept Chem, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
photonic crystals; optical; synthesis;
D O I
10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00417-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We describe the synthesis of two complementary photonic crystals: opal and an inverted opal structure consisting of air spheres in a titania matrix. From optical measurements and comparison with the literature, the mechanical strength and effective refractive index are increased by sintering for opal and because of compression for the inverse opal. However, this is at the expense of reducing the PEG in the [1 1 1] direction. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:469 / 473
页数:5
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