A simple configuration for fabrication of 2D and 3D photonic quasicrystals with complex structures

Sun, Xiao Hong, Wang, Shuai, Liu, Wei and jiang, Liudi (2016) A simple configuration for fabrication of 2D and 3D photonic quasicrystals with complex structures. Optics Communications, 359, 138-144. (doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2016.02.047).

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Abstract

A simple method using a single-prism common-path interferometer is presented for the fabrication of complex quasicrystals in sub-micrometer scales. Multiple types of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) quasicrystalline structures are designed and their diffraction patterns are obtained by using Fourier Transform method. Multi-fold rotational symmetries are demonstrated and compared. By using this method, a wide range of quasicrystals types can be produced with arbitrary complexities and rotational symmetries. The transmittance studies of 12-fold and 18-fold structures also reveal the existence of complete photonic bandgaps, which also demonstrates increased symmetry and significantly improved characteristics of photonic band-gaps.

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