Title :
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Thermally Evaporated Photonic Crystal Mirrors.
Author :
Zenou, Michael ; Goldin, Shlomo Y. ; Klebanov, Matvei ; Lyubin, Victor ; Bruner, Ariel ; Sfez, Bruno
Author_Institution :
Electro-Optics Division, Soreq NRC; Physics Department, Jerusalem College of Technology; Master Student, Applied Physics Department, Hebrew University, e-mail: michaz04@pob.huji.ac.il
Abstract :
In the present work, we design and fabricate omnidirectional mirrors based on 1D photonic crystals made of chalcogenide and cryolite using thermal evaporation. In particular, a two-dimensional mapping that provides a direct, visual signature of the mirrors is proposed. An experimental measurement of the reflectivity is shown. Finally a mirror with an omnidirectional reflectivity of more than 94% for a general polarization, a TE omnidirectional reflectivity of more than 99%, and a TE reflectivity of more than 99.99% for high incident angles is presented. The surface roughness of the mirrors is less than 5nm.
Keywords :
Dielectric thin films; Fabrication; Frequency; Mirrors; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical polarization; Photonic crystals; Physics; Reflectivity; Refractive index; dielectric mirror; integrated optics; multilayer coating; omnidirectional reflector; optical properties; photonic crystal; thin film;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 2006 IEEE 24th Convention of
Conference_Location :
Eilat, Israel
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0229-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0230-1
DOI :
10.1109/EEEI.2006.321124
