Photonic crystal properties of packed submicrometric SiO2 spheres
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- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 71 (9), 1148-1150
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119849
Abstract
In this letter, we investigate the optical properties of packed monodisperse silica submicron spheres by means of optical transmission measurements. The results are compatible with a three dimensional face centered cubic order in these solid structures. The lattice parameter of these structures, and therefore their optical properties, can be easily tuned through the sphere size (between 200 and 700 nm) thus covering the whole visible and near infrared spectrum.Keywords
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