Electric Field-Driven Shifting and Expansion of Photonic Band Gaps in 3D Liquid Photonic Crystals

被引：67

作者：

Chen, Chun-Wei ^{[1
]}

Li, Cheng-Chang ^{[1
]}

Jau, Hung-Chang ^{[1
]}

Yu, Lu-Chun ^{[1
]}

Hong, Ching-Lang ^{[1
]}

Guo, Duan-Yi ^{[1
]}

Wang, Chun-Ta ^{[1
]}

Lin, Tsung-Hsien ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Dept Photon, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan

来源：

ACS PHOTONICS | 2015年 / 2卷 / 11期

关键词：

photonic crystal; liquid crystal; blue phase; band-gap modulation; CHOLESTERIC BLUE PHASES; 3-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; KOSSEL DIAGRAMS; COLOR; ELECTROSTRICTION; EMISSION; LASER;

D O I：

10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00314

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

Highly tunable 3D liquid photonic crystals are demonstrated using low-dc-field-driven polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals. The central wavelength of the photonic band gap can be reversibly shifted to more than 200 nm away from the original position. Besides, by controlling the polymerization-induced morphology variations, the band gap can also be expanded from a bandwidth of around 30 nm to at least 310 nm, the first time a "white" blue phase is observed. Both types of band-gap modulation, namely, shifting and expansion, can be independently manipulated in any crystal axis without affecting the lattice spacings in the other dimensions. We envision polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals as a fascinating platform for photonic applications, such as 3D lasers, nonlinear optics, and photonic integrated circuits.

引用

页码：1524 / 1531

页数：8

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