Fabrication and optical assessment of sol-gel-derived photonic bandgap dielectric structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6182, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chiappini, A ^b   Armellini, C ^a   Bhaktha, S N B ^b,d   Chiasera, A ^c,e   Ferrari, M ^a   Jestin, Y ^a   Mattarelli, M ^b   Montagna, M ^b   Moser, E ^b   Nunzi Conti, G ^c   Pelli, S ^c   Righini, G C ^c   Sglavo, V M ^b  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^e MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erbium; Optical properties; Photoluminescence; Photonic band gap; Silica spheres; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ERBIUM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; SILICA SPHERES;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 33747681624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.663445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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