Transmission Spectra Of Photonic Crystals Research Articles

Influence of annealing temperature on optical properties of the photonic-crystal structures obtained by self-organization of colloidal microspheres of polystyrene and silica

The influence of annealing temperature on the transmission spectra of photonic crystals composed of polystyrene and silicon dioxide microspheres was studied. It was found that annealing of photonic crystals based on polystyrene and silica leads to a shift in the photonic band gap to the short-wavelength region. Based on the results of optical studies, the dependences of the structural parameters of the obtained opal-like crystals on annealing temperature were obtained. In the case of polystyrene photonic crystals, the displacement of the photonic band gap is observed in a narrow temperature range above the glass transition temperature. For SiO2 photonic crystals, it was found that the process of microspheres sintering is complex and involves three stages of structural modification.

Analysis of the tunable filtering properties of a photonic crystal with symmetric dual defects

A dual channel tunable filter structure has been proposed based on the local characteristic of photonic crystals and the mesoscopic calender effect of photonic crystals. The optical transmission characteristics of the filter have been derived theoretically using the transfer matrix method, and the relationship between the transmission spectrum and structural parameters of photonic crystals has been established. Problems how the mesoscopic calender effect influences the transmission spectrum of photonic crystals with dual defects have been discussed and the structure of photonic crystals has been numerically simulated. The emulational results show that defect modes have a blue shift with the increase of the incident angle, while they have a red shift with the increase of dielectric layers' refractive index or geometrical thickness. When in photonic crystals occurs axial stretched strain, the locations of defect modes will move towards long wavelength side, but the values of defect peaks keep constant generally. Thereby, the filter's tunable property has been verified. This photonic crystal filter with good tunability has a compact structure, which may provide a certain theoretical reference for the design of photonic crystal lasers and sensors.

Temperature Dependent Characteristics of 1D Photonic Crystal with Defects

When the temperature is changed, due to the influence of the thermal expansion effect and thermo-optic effect, the thickness and refractive index of each layer of medium of photonic crystal will be Varied. As shown by optical resonators theory, the drift amount of the wavelength has a linear relationship with the variation of temperature. The electron beam lithography technology (EBL) and induction coupling plasma(ICP) etching were used for making the PCs with 1550nm central wavelength. An experiment mode is constructed for analyzing temperature characteristic of one-dimensional PCs, and then PCs is experimented at low temperature and high temperature. It can be found by experiment that, as the temperature changes, the central wavelength of photonic crystal has a linear relationship with the temperature, the drift amount of central wavelength at the low temperature is 0.072nm/°C,the drift amount at the high temperature is 0.076nm/°C,and the 3dB bandwidth of transmission spectrum of photonic crystal has no significant change, the spectral shape is changed very little.

Transmission of light through a plane-parallel plate of a two-dimensional resonant photonic crystal

The transmission spectra of two-dimensional resonant photonic crystals of two types have been investigated. Crystals of one type consist of dielectric cylinders forming a square lattice filled by a resonant gas with mercury atoms, and crystals of the other type consist of cylindrical holes filled with a gas and forming a square lattice in a dielectric matrix. It has been established that characteristics of the spectrum of additional transmission arising in the band gap of the photonic crystal can be changed significantly by varying the gas pressure and the angle of incidence. It has been demonstrated that the calculated features in the transmission spectrum of the photonic crystal are stable with respect to a significant increase in the width of the atomic resonance.

Controlling Transmission Spectra of Photonic Crystals under Electrochemical Oxidization of Aluminum

The transmission spectra for photonic crystal in anodic alumina have been investigated with the periodic anodization voltage function, including the time, periodicities, and voltage. The shift of the transmission dips can be related to the current density-time curve. The intensity of the diffraction light in anodized alumina is determined by the branched channel, including the length and the pore diameter, and the periodicities. The width of the transmission dip is affected by the distribution of the distance between the two branched channels and the variety of the pore diameter from the initial to the bottom of the film. Photonic crystal of anodized alumina for the optimized function of voltage is obtained with the 4.7% transmission intensity at of the transmission dip and 89.3% transmission intensity at .

Influence of Light Scattering on Transmission Spectra of Photonic Crystals of Anodized Alumina

The light scattering is found to have a great influence on the transmission spectra of photonic crystal of anodic alumina. The incident light is diffracted by a regular array of branched channels or pores obeying the Bragg law. The intensity of transmission light decreases with the increasing etching time because of the increasing porosity or enlarging scatterers. The variation of intensity and widths of dips in transmission spectra of the porous alumina membrane versus the incidence angle shows the quite different characteristics from the other photonic crystal such as colloidal photonic crystal.

Control of the transmission spectrum of a photonic crystal with lattice defects

The transmission spectrum of a one-dimensional photonic crystal with structural defects is investigated. An anisotropic layer of a nematic liquid crystal is considered as a defect. The possibility of effective external control of the transmission spectrum of the photonic crystal by changing either the orientational state of the defect liquid crystal layer (for example, using an electric field) or the angle of incidence of light is shown. It is established that the spectral properties of the photonic crystal change radically with a change in the optical characteristics of the defect layer in the vicinity of the temperature phase transition of the nematic liquid crystal to the isotropic state.

Electromagnetic modes in semi-infinite photonic crystals

In a real photonic crystal, there exist three modes: propagation mode, evanescence mode and surface mode. Using ideal modal, semi-infinite photonic crystals, we study their effects on the transmission spectrum of photonic crystals, respectively. Because there exists only one air–crystal interface in a semi-infinite photonic crystal, no multiple reflection occurs and no evanescent modes and backward-propagating modes exist in this structure. The effects of the evanescence modes are studied by comparing the transmission spectrum of a finite-thickness photonic crystal slab and that of a semi-infinite photonic crystal. In addition, the effects of the backward-propagating modes are investigated using a coated semi-infinite photonic crystal structure. Finally, we study the effects of the surface modes, and find that the transmission spectrum of a semi-infinite photonic crystal is strongly dependent on its termination.

Fully three-dimensional modeling of the fabrication and behavior of photonic crystals formed by holographic lithography.

A comprehensive and fully three-dimensional model of holographic lithography is used to predict more rigorously the geometry and transmission spectra of photonic crystals formed in Epon SU-8 photoresist. It is the first effort known to the authors to incorporate physics of exposure, postexposure baking, and developing into three-dimensional models of photonic crystals. Optical absorption, reflections, standing waves, refraction, beam coherence, acid diffusion, resist shrinkage, and developing effects combine to distort lattices from their ideal geometry. These are completely neglected by intensity-threshold methods used throughout the literature to predict lattices. Numerical simulations compare remarkably well with experimental results for a face-centered-cube (FCC) photonic crystal. Absorption is shown to produce chirped lattices with broadened bandgaps. Reflections are shown to significantly alter lattice geometry and reduce image contrast. Through simulation, a diamond lattice is formed by multiple exposures, and a hybrid trigonal-FCC lattice is formed that exhibits properties of both component lattices.

Localized electromagnetic modes and the transmission spectrum of a one-dimensional photonic crystal with lattice defects

The properties of localized electromagnetic modes in a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a structural defect layer were studied. The role of the defect was played by an anisotropic nematic liquid crystal layer. The frequency and the damping factor of defect modes were shown to substantially depend on the defect layer thickness and the orientation of the optical axis of the nematic. The transmission spectra of photonic crystals with one and two lattice defects were studied. Taking into account the special feature of nematic liquid crystals distinguishing them from usual crystals, namely, large permittivity anisotropy, it was shown that the transmission spectrum of the photonic crystal could be controlled by varying the orientation of the optical axis of the nematic, for instance, under the action of an external electric field.