By J. D. Joannopoulos (auth.), Costas M. Soukoulis (eds.)
Photonic band hole crystals provide specific how one can tailor gentle and the propagation of electromagnetic waves. In analogy to electrons in a crystal, EM waves propagating in a constitution with a periodically-modulated dielectric consistent are geared up into photonic bands separated via gaps within which propagating states are forbidden. Proposed functions of such photonic band hole crystals, working at frequencies from microwave to optical, contain 0- threshold lasers, low-loss resonators and cavities, and effective microwave antennas. Spontaneous emission is suppressed for photons within the photonic band hole, supplying novel techniques to manipulating the EM box and growing high-efficiency light-emitting buildings.
Photonic Band hole Materials identifies 3 such a lot promising components of study. the 1st is fabrics fabrication, regarding the construction of top quality, low loss, periodic dielectric buildings. The smallest photonic crystals but fabricated were made through machining Si wafers alongside (110), and a few have lattice constants as small as 500 microns. the second one sector is in functions. attainable functions provided are microwave mirrors, directional antennas, resonators (especially within the 2 GHz region), filters, waveguides, Y splitters, and resonant microcavities. The 3rd sector covers essentially new actual phenomena in condensed subject physics and quantum optics.
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Fabrication of the two-dimensional hexagonal pattern in the [111] layers may still be feasible with a complex mask, but it would be experimentally very difficult to fabricate the [111] cylinders perpendicular to the layers. Eliminating the [111] cylinders and simply stacking hexagonal dielectric lattices does not maintain the photonic band gap. The search for simplifying the structure and reducing the dimensionality of the structural building blocks continued. The Iowa State group has designed[8] a novel three-dimensional layer-by-layer structure that has a full three-dimensional photonic band gap over a wide range of structural parameters.
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We chose relatively high-resistivity wafers (180 Q-cm) in order to minimize absorption losses in the silicon. The fabrication was carried out in batches of twenty wafers at a time. The first step in the process was the growth of silicon dioxide on the front and back surfaces of the wafers. 0 11m thick oxide was sufficient to provide the necessary protection. After oxidation, the front-surface oxide was patterned by conventional photolithography and buffered hydrofluoric acid etching. The pattern consists of 23 parallel rods, each 340 Jlffi wide and separated by 935 11m wide gaps.