Modelling and Measurement of Electronically Tunable Photonic Crystals

Author

Cryan, M.J. ; Ivanov, P. ; Snoswell, D. ; Bower, C. ; Vincent, B. ; Rarity, J.G.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Bristol, Bristol

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

140

Abstract

This paper presents details of the modelling that has been used to extract particle spacing from measured diffraction patterns in tunable photonic crystal structures. The photonic crystals are formed from colloidal suspensions of latex spheres with the application of rotating Alternating Current (AC) electric fields. The particle spacing can be rapidly changed by altering the amplitude of the AC field. Initially simple ID diffraction grating theory is used to extract the particle spacing. This is followed by Finite Element (FE) modelling which shows good agreement with the simple theory. Full 3D modelling was investigated but only small number of spheres could be modelled.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; photonic crystals; 3D modelling; colloidal suspension; diffraction grating theory; diffraction pattern; finite element modelling; latex sphere; particle spacing extraction; rotating alternating current electric field; tunable photonic crystal structure; Data mining; Diffraction gratings; Electric fields; Electrodes; Europe; Finite element methods; Glass; Particle measurements; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Finite Elements; Photonic Crystal; diffraction grating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296163

Filename

4296163