Departmental Papers (MSE)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
10-24-2008
Abstract
We study structural symmetries of two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals with anisotropic unit cells, including square- and rectangular-lattices with orientationally modulated elliptic motifs, and a compound structure consisting of circles with sixfold rotational symmetry and elliptical lines with twofold symmetry, which are created through elastic deformation of a single elastomeric membrane with circular pores. We then investigate the photonic bandgap (PBG) properties of the corresponding 2D Si posts and their tolerance to the structural deviation. We find that in the compound structure the overall PBGs are dominated by the sublattice with a higher symmetry, while the total symmetry is determined by the one with a lower symmetry.
Keywords
DESIGN, LIGHT
Date Posted: 01 June 2009
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Reprinted from:
Two-dimensional photonic crystals with anisotropic unit cells imprinted from poly(dimethylsiloxane) membranes under elastic deformation Xuelian Zhu, Ying Zhang, Dinesh Chandra, Shih-Chieh Cheng, James M. Kikkawa, and Shu Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 161911 (2008), DOI:10.1063/1.3006061
Publisher URL: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/93/161911/1