中国物理B ›› 2009, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (6): 2389-2392.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/18/6/045

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Applied electric field to fabricate colloidal crystals with the photonic band-gap in communication waveband

闫海涛, 王鸣, 葛益娴, 喻平   

  1. Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
  • 收稿日期:2008-09-21 修回日期:2008-10-22 出版日期:2009-06-20 发布日期:2009-06-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by Science and Technology Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No BE2008138).

Applied electric field to fabricate colloidal crystals with the photonic band-gap in communication waveband

Yan Hai-Tao(闫海涛), Wang Ming(王鸣), Ge Yi-Xian(葛益娴), and Yu Ping(喻平)   

  1. Jiangsu Key Lab on Opto-Electronic Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
  • Received:2008-09-21 Revised:2008-10-22 Online:2009-06-20 Published:2009-06-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by Science and Technology Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No BE2008138).

摘要: The macropore silica colloidal crystal templates were assembled orderly in a capillary glass tube by an applied electric field method to control silica deposition. In order to achieve the photonic band gap (PBG) of colloidal crystal in optical communication waveband, the diameter of silica microspheres is selected by Bragg diffraction formula. An experiment was designed to test the bandgap of the silica crystal templates. This paper discusses the formation process and the close-packed fashion of the silica colloidal crystal templates was discussed. The surface morphology of the templates was also analyzed. The results showed that the close-packed fashion of silica array templates was face-centered cubic (FCC) structure. The agreement is very good between the experimental data and the theoretical calculation.

Abstract: The macropore silica colloidal crystal templates were assembled orderly in a capillary glass tube by an applied electric field method to control silica deposition. In order to achieve the photonic band gap (PBG) of colloidal crystal in optical communication waveband, the diameter of silica microspheres is selected by Bragg diffraction formula. An experiment was designed to test the bandgap of the silica crystal templates. This paper discusses the formation process and the close-packed fashion of the silica colloidal crystal templates was discussed. The surface morphology of the templates was also analyzed. The results showed that the close-packed fashion of silica array templates was face-centered cubic (FCC) structure. The agreement is very good between the experimental data and the theoretical calculation.

Key words: colloidal crystal, photonic bandgap materials, optical communications, fiber

中图分类号:  (Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers?)

  • 42.79.Sz
42.70.Qs (Photonic bandgap materials) 42.79.Dj (Gratings) 68.35.B- (Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)) 82.70.Dd (Colloids)