Photonic Glasses: A Step Beyond White Paint |
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Authors: | Pedro David García Riccardo Sapienza Cefe López |
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Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC) and Unidad Asociada CSIC‐U. Vigo C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid (Spain);2. DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering Technical University of Denmark ?rsteds Plads 343, DK‐2800 Kgs. Lyngby (Denmark) |
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Abstract: | Self‐assembly techniques are widely used to grow ordered structures such as, for example, opal‐based photonic crystals. Here, we report on photonic glasses, new disordered materials obtained via a modified self‐assembling technique. These random materials are solid thin films which exhibit rich novel light diffusion properties originating from the optical properties of their building blocks. This novel material inaugurated a wide range of nanophotonic materials with fascinating applications, such as resonant random lasers or Anderson localization. |
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Keywords: | Photonic Glass Self‐assembly Photonic crystals Thin films |
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