Open AccessInfluence of imperfections on the insulating and guiding properties of finite Si-inverted opal crystals
Author(s) -
Andrei V. Lavrinenko,
Wendel Wohlleben,
Reinhold J. Leyrer
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.000747
Subject(s) - spheres , photonic crystal , materials science , fabrication , photonics , optics , polymer , optoelectronics , composite material , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , astronomy
The stability of the photonic properties of Si-infiltrated opals for fabrication disorder is tested with following models of applied imperfections: deviations in radii of spheres, deviations in spheres positions and both of them. The deviations are assumed to be distributed accordingly to the normal law and to the skewed distribution experimentally observed in the process of production of polymer self-assembled crystals. The criteria for the photonic crystals tolerances are evaluated versus the quality of photonic insulation provided by films or bulk spheres of finite thicknesses. In addition the stability of the photonic crystal waveguides in inverted opals is tested versus the imperfections strength.