Thickness Dependence of the Optical Properties of Ordered Silica-Air and Air-Polymer Photonic Crystals
- 12 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 83 (2), 300-303
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.83.300
Abstract
We report observations of the optical stop band of periodic planar arrays of submicron silica spheres, and of macroporous polymers grown from these silica templates. The stop-band width and peak attenuation depend on the number of layers and on the dielectric contrast between the spheres and the interstitial regions, both of which are experimentally controlled. The results are compared to the predictions of the scalar wave approximation. This is the first systematic study of the thickness dependence of the stop band in colloidal photonic band gap structures.Keywords
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