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- Title
- Microfluidic tunable photonic band-gap device
- Author(s)
- Domachuk, Peter; Nguyen, Hong C.; Eggleton, Ben J.; Straub, Martin H.; Gu, Min
- Abstract
- We introduce a method for tuning a photonic band-gap material by means of displacing microfluidic plugs. The fluid is introduced into air voids that constitute the structure of the photonic crystal and is displaced using a capillary heater. The photonic crystal geometry is obtained using a microstructured optical fiber, comprising a periodically spaced array of air holes that is interrogated in the transverse direction, creating a 'tall microchip'. Optical spectra are compared to band structure calculations of an idealized band-gap material.
- Publication Type
- Journal article
- Research Centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering. Centre for Micro-Photonics
- Source
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 84, no. 11 (2004), pp. 1838-1840
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1667592
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2004 American Institute of Physics. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- Full Text
- Peer Reviewed
