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Highly engineered mesoporous structures for optical processing

Highly engineered mesoporous structures for optical processing
Highly engineered mesoporous structures for optical processing
Arranging periodic, or quasi-periodic, regions of differing refractive index in one, two, or three dimensions can form a unique class of mesoporous structures. These structures are generally known as photonic crystals, or photonic quasicrystals, and they are the optical analogue of semiconducting materials. Whereas a semiconductor's band structure arises from the interaction of electron or hole waves with an arrangement of ion cores, the photonic crystal band structure results from the interaction of light waves with an arrangement of regions of differing refractive index.
What makes photonic crystals highly attractive to the optical engineer is that we can actually place the regions of differing refractive index in a pattern specifically tailored to produce a given optical function, such as an extremely high dispersion, for example. That is, we can define the geometrical arrangement of the dielectric foam to provide us with the form of band structure we require for our optical functionality.
In this paper, the optical properties and applications of these highly engineered mesoporous dielectrics will be discussed.
photonic crystals, superprisms, multirefringence, photonic quasicrystals, planar optical waveguides, pinwheel construction
1364-503X
189-199
Parker, G.J.
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Charlton, M.D.B.
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Zoorob, M.E.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Netti, M.C.
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Parker, G.J., Charlton, M.D.B., Zoorob, M.E., Baumberg, J.J., Netti, M.C. and Lee, T. (2006) Highly engineered mesoporous structures for optical processing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 364 (1838), 189-199. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2005.1693).

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Arranging periodic, or quasi-periodic, regions of differing refractive index in one, two, or three dimensions can form a unique class of mesoporous structures. These structures are generally known as photonic crystals, or photonic quasicrystals, and they are the optical analogue of semiconducting materials. Whereas a semiconductor's band structure arises from the interaction of electron or hole waves with an arrangement of ion cores, the photonic crystal band structure results from the interaction of light waves with an arrangement of regions of differing refractive index.
What makes photonic crystals highly attractive to the optical engineer is that we can actually place the regions of differing refractive index in a pattern specifically tailored to produce a given optical function, such as an extremely high dispersion, for example. That is, we can define the geometrical arrangement of the dielectric foam to provide us with the form of band structure we require for our optical functionality.
In this paper, the optical properties and applications of these highly engineered mesoporous dielectrics will be discussed.

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Published date: 2006
Keywords: photonic crystals, superprisms, multirefringence, photonic quasicrystals, planar optical waveguides, pinwheel construction

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Local EPrints ID: 57529
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/57529
ISSN: 1364-503X
PURE UUID: fd764318-214f-41f6-b47c-3484219583f3

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Date deposited: 13 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 11:07

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Author: G.J. Parker
Author: M.D.B. Charlton
Author: M.E. Zoorob
Author: J.J. Baumberg
Author: M.C. Netti
Author: T. Lee

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