We investigate the impact of the non-uniformity of the particle size on the lattice quality and the optical properties of colloidal photonic crystals. Size variations exceeding /spl sim/2% result in disordered lattices with degraded optical properties.


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    Title :

    Impact of polydispersity on optical quality of colloidal photonic crystals


    Contributors:
    Allard, M. (author) / Sargent, E.H. (author)


    Publication date :

    2004-01-01


    Size :

    321416 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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