Sol-gel synthesis of one-dimensional photonic bandgap structures

A series of one-dimensional photonic bandgap devices were fabricated using SiO2 and TiO2 films deposited from solution by the sol-gel method. A dielectric mirror, or broadband interference filter, was fabricated by alternating quarter-wave optical thickness layers of the two films on a silicon substrate for a total of six layer pairs. This device exhibited an omnidirectional photonic bandgap of 450 nm in TE-polarization and 110 nm in TM-polarization. A microcavity, or narrowband filter, was fabricated with a TiO2 Fabry-Perot cavity sandwiched between two mirrors of three layer pairs each. The resonant cavity corresponded to a wavelength of roughly 1500 nm and shifted to shorter wavelengths with increasing incident angles. A maximum resonant quality factor of 11. 7 was achieved.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Sparks, Andrew William, 1977-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lionel C. Kimerling.

• Materials Science and Engineering.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9557

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/9557