Pinpoint Two-Photon Writing and Multi-Beam Interferential Patterning of Three-Dimensional Polymer Photonic Crystals

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-385

  Kawata, Satoshi ^a,b   Shoji, Satoru ^c   Sun, Hong Bo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser nanofabrication; Nanophotonics; Photonic bandgap; Photonic crystal; Two photon photopolymerization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ETCHING; LATTICE CONSTANTS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

LASER MICROFABRICATION; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TWO-PHOTON PHOTOPOLYMERIZATIONS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 1642351426     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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