Title :
Tunable Photonic Crystals Incorporating Variable Refractive Index Organic Polymers
Author :
Garner, Brett W. ; Neogi, Arup ; Krokhin, Arkadii ; Asakawa, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., North Texas Univ., Denton, TX
Abstract :
In this work we infiltrate a photonic crustal membrane structure with N-isopropylacrylamide hydrogel. The refractive index change, in the hydrogel as it undergoes its volumetric phase change works, is used as a means to change the transmission properties of the PhC. We report a tunablity of 1.1 nm/degC and a two fold increase in transmission as the temperature crosses 34degC.
Keywords :
gels; membranes; optical polymers; photonic crystals; refractive index; N-isopropylacrylamide hydrogel; photonic crystal membrane structure; transmission properties; tunable photonic crystals; variable refractive index organic polymers; volumetric phase change; Crystalline materials; Lattices; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Phase change materials; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Refractive index; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2008. NANO '08. 8th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, Texas
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2103-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2104-6
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2008.39
