Opal photonic crystals infiltrated with chalcogenide glasses

Journal Article · Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2001 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1380729· OSTI ID:40204564

Astratov, V N; Adawi, A M; Skolnick, M S; Tikhomirov, V K; Lyubin, V; Lidzey, D G; Ariu, M; Reynolds, A L

Composite opal structures for nonlinear applications are obtained by infiltration with chalcogenide glasses As{sub 2}S{sub 3} and AsSe by precipitation from solution. Analysis of spatially resolved optical spectra reveals that the glass aggregates into submillimeter areas inside the opal. These areas exhibit large shifts in the optical stop bands by up to 80 nm, and by comparison with modelling are shown to have uniform glass filling factors of opal pores up to 40%. Characterization of the domain structure of the opals prior to infiltration by large area angle-resolved spectroscopy is an important step in the analysis of the properties of the infiltrated regions. {copyright} 2001 American Institute of Physics.

• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• OSTI ID: 40204564
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 78, Issue 26; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1380729; Othernumber: APPLAB000078000026004094000001; 052125APL; PBD: 25 Jun 2001; ISSN 0003-6951
• Publisher: The American Physical Society
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHALCOGENIDES
DOMAIN STRUCTURE
GLASS
PHYSICS
PRECIPITATION
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY