Photochemical switching of photonic band gap

Masaki Moritsugu, Sun Nam Kim, Shoichi Kubo, Tomonari Ogata, Takamasa Nonaka, Osamu Sato, Seiji Kurihara

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    Abstract

    Photonic crystals having a three dimensional periodic structure have attracted much attention from both fundamental and practical points of view, because of their unique properties in controlling the propagation of light. In this work SiO 2 inverse opal films having a three dimensional periodic structure infiltrated azo-polymer liquid crystal were fabricated. Their Bragg reflection band could be reversibly shifted by photoalignment of azobenzene.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages1408
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event55th SPSJ Annual Meeting - Nagoya, Japan
    Duration: 2006 May 242006 May 26

    Other

    Other55th SPSJ Annual Meeting
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityNagoya
    Period06/5/2406/5/26

    Keywords

    • Liquid crystal polymer
    • Photoisomerization
    • Photonic crystal

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Engineering(all)

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