Three-dimensional metallic photonic crystals fabricated by soft lithography for midinfrared applications
Author(s) -
JaeHwang Lee,
Chang-Hwan Kim,
YongSung Kim,
KaiMing Ho,
Kristen Constant,
Cha Hwan Oh Cha Hwan Oh
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.2201621
Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal , lithography , tetragonal crystal system , photonics , optoelectronics , fabrication , photonic metamaterial , layer (electronics) , photolithography , maskless lithography , sputtering , electron beam lithography , optics , nanotechnology , resist , thin film , phase (matter) , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , organic chemistry
We present an efficient method of fabricating freestanding three-dimensional metallic photonic crystals using soft lithography. Low cost and ease of fabrication are achieved through gold sputter deposition on a freestanding woodpile polymer template. We compare experimental results to theoretical calculations for tetragonal and face-centered-tetragonal structures as a function of the number of layers. The photonic crystals behave like full metallic structures with a photonic band edge at a wavelength of 3.5μm. The rejection rates of the structures are about 10dB/layer.
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