Holographic three-dimensional polymeric photonic crystals operating in the 1550 nm window

A polygonal prism based holographic fabrication method has been demonstrated for a three-dimensional face-centered-cubic-type submicron polymer photonic crystal using both positive and negative photoresists. Special fabrication treatments have been introduced to ensure the survivability of the fabricated large area (similar to 1 cm(2)) nanostructures. Scanning electron microscopy and diffraction results proved the good uniformity of the fabricated structures. With the proper design of the refraction prism the authors have achieved the required band gap for S+C bands (1460-1565 nm) in the [111] direction. The transmission and reflection spectra obtained by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are in good agreement with simulated band structure. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.