Artificial Opals as Nanophotonic Materials for Optics Communications

Andrei Lavrinenko (1) , Reinhold Leyrer (2) , Wendel Wohlleben (2) , Kevin Heggarty (3) , Nolwenn Dissaux (3) , Mark Boyle (4) , Roman Kiyan (4) , Andre Neumeister (4)

1 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
2 BASF - Polymer Research, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Polymer Research, BASF Aktiengesellschaft)
3 OPT - Département Optique
4 LZH - Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.

We report on advances in the fabrication of thick and homogeneous polymer opals films with bead sizes up to 600 nm; photo-ablation and point and line defect inscription with femtosecond laser pulses; analysis of the influence of imperfections on opal transmission-reflection properties and numerical and experimental characterization of fabricated samples.

Mots clés: Photonic crystals; Two-photon polymerization

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Andrei Lavrinenko, Reinhold Leyrer, Wendel Wohlleben, Kevin Heggarty, Nolwenn Dissaux, et al.. Artificial Opals as Nanophotonic Materials for Optics Communications. 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Jul 2007, Rome, Italy. pp.208 - 211, ⟨10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296182⟩. ⟨hal-02165221⟩