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Metallic photonic crystals based on solution-processible gold nanoparticles.

Xinping Zhang1, Baoquan Sun, Richard H Friend

  • 1Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE Cambridge, UK. xz243@cam.ac.uk

Nano Letters
|April 13, 2006
PubMed
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We fabricated gold nanowire photonic crystals on indium tin oxide waveguides using a simple, low-cost spin-coating method. This technique enables strong light-matter coupling for applications in telecommunications and sensors.

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optoelectronics

Background:

  • Metallic photonic crystals offer unique optical properties.
  • Waveguide integration is crucial for photonic devices.
  • Efficient fabrication methods are needed for scalable applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a cost-effective method for fabricating metallic photonic crystals.
  • To integrate gold nanowires with indium tin oxide waveguides.
  • To investigate the optical coupling between nanowires and the waveguide.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of sub-500 nm period photoresist masks using interference lithography.
  • Spin-coating of colloidal gold suspension followed by annealing to form nanowires.
  • Optical extinction measurements to characterize light-wave coupling and conductivity measurements for nanowire continuity.

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Main Results:

  • Successfully fabricated periodic arrays of gold nanowires (100-300 nm width) on indium tin oxide waveguides.
  • Demonstrated strong coupling between waveguide modes and plasmon resonance, dependent on polarization and incidence angle.
  • Confirmed nanowire continuity via electrical conductivity.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method is simple, fast, and low-cost.
  • The fabricated structures exhibit strong light-wave coupling.
  • Potential applications include telecommunications, all-optical switching, sensors, and semiconductor devices.