• DocumentCode
    2737717
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    18-21 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    109
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2008.39
  • Filename
    4617021
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2737717