Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals with Tunable Optical Properties

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Submitted for the MAR15 Meeting of The American Physical Society Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals1 IGOR SMOLYANINOV, University of Maryland, VERA SMOLYANINOVA, BRADLEY YOST, DAVID LAHNEMAN, THOMAS GRESOCK, Towson University, EVGENII NARIMANOV, Purdue University — We demonstrate a novel artificial optical material, the photonic hyper-crystal, which combines the most interesting fea...

Pattern Definition in Self-assembled Photonic Crystals

Introduction Colloidal self-assembly has been widely explored as a route to photonic materials. Theoretical work has demonstrated that a three dimensional photonic band gap can be generated from an inverse FCC structure if fairly rigorous dielectric contrast conditions are met. It is because of this finding that a multitude of research groups are investigating the self-assembly of colloidal par...

Self-Assembled Photonic Crystals Infiltrated with Nanoplatelets and Nanotubes

Mechanically Tunable Photonic Crystals

The next frontier in photonic crystal research may be to achieve dynamic tunability that allows real-time, on-demand control of the photonic band structure. Recently, researchers have been working on a new strategy for achieving this goal—by applying mechanical force. This approach can produce much greater tunability than is possible with electro-optic materials and may greatly expand the usefu...

Tunable Photonic Crystals