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Fabrication And Characterization Of Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides And Cavities
Published on: November 30, 2012
Photonic glasses: a step beyond white paint.
Pedro David García1, Riccardo Sapienza, Cefe López
1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|March 11, 2010
Summary
Researchers developed photonic glasses, disordered materials from modified self-assembly. These novel thin films show unique light diffusion properties and enable new nanophotonic applications like random lasers.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Optics
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Self-assembly is a key method for creating ordered structures like photonic crystals.
- Existing methods primarily focus on ordered material synthesis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce photonic glasses, a new class of disordered nanophotonic materials.
- To explore the novel light diffusion properties arising from the disordered structure.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a modified self-assembly technique.
- Fabricated solid thin films of photonic glasses.
Main Results:
- Successfully created disordered photonic glasses.
- Observed unique light diffusion properties stemming from constituent optical characteristics.
- Demonstrated potential for applications in resonant random lasers and Anderson localization.
Conclusions:
- Photonic glasses represent a novel class of disordered materials with unique optical properties.
- The modified self-assembly technique offers a new route to advanced nanophotonic materials.
- These materials open avenues for innovative photonic devices and phenomena.
