Title :
Polycrystalline low index contrast opals: Towards novel multimodal spectroscopy of diffusive sources of light
Author :
Astratov, V.N. ; Ashili, S.P. ; Franchak, J.P. ; Saltzman, A.J. ; Sullivan, M.E. ; Brady, D.J. ; Filin, S.V. ; Puzynin, A.I. ; Samoilov, V.N. ; Moroz, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA
Abstract :
It is shown that polycrystalline low index contrast opals with submillimeter domains provide spatio-spectral diversity of scattering images that can be used for measuring the wavelengths of diffusive sources of light with nanometer accuracy.
Keywords :
light scattering; light sources; optical materials; visible spectroscopy; diffusive light sources; low index contrast opals; multimodal spectroscopy; nanometer accuracy; polycrystalline opals; scattering images; spatiospectral diversity; submillimeter domains;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
