Engineered Light Scattering in Colloidal Photonic Heterocrystals

Photonic heterocrystals are prepared by sandwiching films of self‐assembled opal and force‐assembled Langmuir–Blodgett colloidal crystals. Anomalously strong light scattering in conjunction with low reflectivity is observed with increasing angle of incidence in the spectral range of photonic bandgaps. The occurrence of light scattering at the interface has been assigned to the optical mode mismatch between the two types of photonic crystals. Photonic bandgap‐related mechanisms of trapping the decaying photonic crystal modes at the interface are suggested.     

Recent Progress in Photonic Processing of Metal‐Oxide Transistors

Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made in the field of photonic processing of electronic materials using a variety of light sources. Several of these technologies have now been exploited in conjunction with emerging electronic materials as alternatives to conventional high‐temperature thermal annealing, offering rapid manufacturing times and compatibility with temperature‐sensitive substrate materials among other potential advantages. Herein, recent advances in photonic processing paradigms of metal‐oxide thin‐film transistors (TFTs) are presented with particular emphasis on the use of various light source technologies for the photochemical and thermochemical conversion of precursor materials or postdeposition treatment of metal oxides and their application in thin‐film electronics. The pros and cons of the different technologies are discussed in light of recent developments and prospective research in the field of modern large‐area electronics is highlighted.     

Photoinduced Tuning of Optical Stop Bands in Azopolymer Based Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals

Photo‐tunable photonic crystals were prepared from three dimensional (3D) colloidal crystal templates using a photoresponsive azopolymer. For the preparation of azopolymer infiltrated photonic crystals, silica colloidal crystals were fabricated by gravity sedimentation, a self‐assembly technique. The interstitial voids between colloidal particles were filled with azopolymer and azopolymer inverse opals were produced by treatment with aqueous hydrofluoric acid. These photonic crystals exhibited stop bands in their transmission spectra measured in the normal incidence to the (111) plane of face centered cubic (fcc). The photonic bandgap of the azopolymer infiltrated opal and inverse opal could be controlled by the refractive index change due to the photoinduced orientation of azobenzene chromophores. When the azopolymer photonic crystals were irradiated with linearly polarized light, their bandgap positions were shifted to shorter wavelength regions with increasing irradiation time. This behavior experimentally produced a photoinduced orientation of the azobenzene groups in parallel with the incidence of the excitation light. Through such an out‐of‐plane orientation of azo chromophores, parallel to the [111] fcc crystallographic axis, the effective refractive index of the photonic crystal medium was decreased. Therefore, a blue‐shift in bandgap positions was consequently induced with 20–40 nm tuning ranges. The out‐of‐plane orientation was confirmed by angular resolved absorption spectral measurements.     

Negative refraction in 1D plasmonic photonic crystals

The phenomenon of negative refraction of light in 1D photonic crystals with metal layers is studied. It is demonstrated that this phenomenon is due to the excitation of plasmons, which transfer energy in different directions the metal and inside the dielectric layers. The ratio between these two fluxes determines the sign of the group velocity, and therefore, the sign of the refraction angle. It is shown that the sign of refraction is independent of the metal permittivity dispersion and is determined by the permittivity value and by the geometric parameters of an elementary cell only.     

Tunable Colors in Opals and Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals

Colloidal photonic crystals and materials derived from colloidal crystals can exhibit distinct structural colors that result from incomplete photonic band gaps. Through rational materials design, the colors of such photonic crystals can be tuned reversibly by external physical and chemical stimuli. Such stimuli include solvent and dye infiltration, applied electric or magnetic fields, mechanical deformation, light irradiation, temperature changes, changes in pH, and specific molecular interactions. Reversible color changes result from alterations in lattice spacings, filling fractions, and refractive index of system components. This review article highlights the different systems and mechanisms for achieving tunable color based on opaline materials with close‐packed or non‐close‐packed structural elements and inverse opal photonic crystals. Inorganic and polymeric systems, such as hydrogels, metallopolymers, and elastomers are discussed.     

Guanine‐Based Biogenic Photonic‐Crystal Arrays in Fish and Spiders

Biological photonic systems composed of anhydrous guanine crystals evolved separately in several taxonomic groups. Here, two such systems found in fish and spiders, both of which make use of anhydrous guanine crystal plates to produce structural colors, are examined. Measurements of the photonic‐crystal structures using cryo‐SEM show that the crystal plates in both fish skin and spider integument are ～20‐nm thick. The reflective unit in the fish comprises stacks of single plates alternating with ～230‐nm‐thick cytoplasm layers. In the spiders the plates are formed as doublet crystals, cemented by 30‐nm layers of amorphous guanine, and are stacked with ～200 nm of cytoplasm between crystal doublets. They achieve light reflective properties through the control of crystal morphology and stack dimensions, reaching similar efficiencies of light reflectivity in both fish skin and spider integument. The structure of guanine plates in spiders are compared with the more common situation in which guanine occurs in the form of relatively unorganized prismatic crystals, yielding a matt white coloration.     

Double‐Inverse‐Opal Photonic Crystals: The Route to Photonic Bandgap Switching

Photonic crystals with a complete bandgap can stop the propagation of light of a certain frequency in all directions. We introduce double‐inverse‐opal photonic crystals (DIOPCs) as a new kind of optical switch. In the DIOPC, a movable, weakly scattering sphere is embedded within each pore of the inverse‐opal photonic crystal lattice. Switching between a diffusive reflector and a photonic crystal environment is experimentally demonstrated. Theory shows that a complete bandgap can be realized that can be opened or closed by moving the spheres. This functionality opens up new possibilities for the control of light emission and propagation. The close link and interaction between the chemical synthesis and the computational design and analysis underlines the interdisciplinary focus of this report.     

Light trapping schemes in organic solar cells: A comparison between optical Tamm states and Fabry–Pérot cavity modes

Recently optical Tamm states at metal/photonic crystals interface have been applied in thin-film organic solar cells (OSCs) as a new light trapping scheme for photon absorption enhancement. In this work, we theoretically investigate this scheme thoroughly to optimize the absorption performance for such optical Tamm states based OSCs (OTS–OSCs). We find that the overall absorptivity of the OTS–OSCs can be improved by using photonic crystals bilayers with a higher refractive index contrast, which is a result of the more strongly enhanced field intensity in the active layers. The conventional Fabry–Pérot cavity modes based OSCs (FP–OSCs) are also studied for comparison, whose absorption performance is found to be strongly dependent on the refractive index of the additional dielectric layer. These two schemes based OSCs exhibit comparable absorption performance in aspects of absorption enhancement, field distributions, and angle effect in the planar case. However, the proposed OTS–OSCs exhibit ～10% higher overall absorptivity than that for the FP–OSCs in the corrugated case, if both OSCs exhibit the same overall absorptivity in the planar case. The reduced absorption in the corrugated FP–OSCs is a result of the strong scatterings induced losses in the metal, which can be avoided by the photonic crystals bilayers in the OTS–OSCs. Therefore, the proposed Tamm states based scheme shows a higher value in corrugated OSCs.     

Scalable Nanowire Photonic Crystals: Molding the Light Emission of InGaN

To date, there have been no efficient semiconductor light emitters operating in the green and amber wavelengths. This study reports on the synthesis of InGaN nanowire photonic crystals, including dot‐in‐nanowires, nanotriangles, and nanorectangles with precisely controlled size, spacing, and morphology, and further demonstrates that bottom‐up InGaN photonic crystals can exhibit highly efficient and stable emission. The formation of stable and scalable band edge modes in defect‐free InGaN nanowire photonic crystals is directly measured by cathodoluminescence studies. The luminescence emission, in terms of both the peak position (λ ≈ 505 nm) and spectral linewidths (full‐width‐half‐maximum ≈ 12 nm), remains virtually invariant in the temperature range of 5–300 K and under excitation densities of 29 W cm^?2 to 17.5 kW cm^?2. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the absence of Varshni and quantum‐confined Stark effects in wurtzite InGaN light emitters—factors that contribute significantly to the efficiency droop and device instability under high‐power operation. Such distinct emission properties of InGaN photonic crystals stem directly from the strong Purcell effect, due to efficient coupling of the spontaneous emission to the highly stable and scalable band‐edge modes of InGaN photonic crystals, and are ideally suited for uncooled, high‐efficiency light‐emitting‐diode operation.     

High-quality SiO2 Colloidal Crystal Fabricated by Controllable Vertical Deposition Method

Monodispersed silica microspheres with diameter of 353 nm were assembled into photonic crystal in ethanol colloidal suspensions of varied silica volume fraction at different temperature and humidity by means of controllable vertical deposition method. The surface morphology and optical properties were studied by SEM and UV-Vis-NIR. It was found that the high quality silica colloidal photonic crystals were obtained from ethanol solutions with environment temperature between 45℃ and 55℃, humidity between 66% and 76%, the volume fraction of microspheres is between 0.8% and 1.5%, The ordered close-packed photonic crystal fabricated by controllable vertical deposition method had the two photonic bandgaps in the visible light band and near infrared band,     

Photoquantum Hall Effect and Light‐Induced Charge Transfer at the Interface of Graphene/InSe Heterostructures

The transfer of electronic charge across the interface of two van der Waals crystals can underpin the operation of a new class of functional devices. Among van der Waals semiconductors, an exciting and rapidly growing development involves the “post‐transition” metal chalcogenide InSe. Here, field effect phototransistors are reported where single layer graphene is capped with n‐type InSe. These device structures combine the photosensitivity of InSe with the unique electrical properties of graphene. It is shown that the light‐induced transfer of charge between InSe and graphene offers an effective method to increase or decrease the carrier density in graphene, causing a change in its resistance that is gate‐controllable and only weakly dependent on temperature. The charge transfer at the InSe/graphene interface is probed by Hall effect and photoconductivity measurmentes and it is demonstrated that light can induce a sign reversal of the quantum Hall voltage and photovoltaic effects in the graphene layer. These findings demonstrate the potential of light‐induced charge transfer in gate‐tunable InSe/graphene phototransistors for optoelectronics and quantum metrology.     

光子晶体及其自组装制备方法的进展

光子晶体是将两种或两种以上介质材料排列成具有光波长量级的一维、二维或三维周期结构的人工晶体.由于光子晶体具有光子带隙、光子局域等特性,所以它具有巨大的应用前景.简述了光子晶体的主要特征,重点介绍了三维光子晶体的自组装方法.     

New Encryption Strategy of Photonic Crystals with Bilayer Inverse Heterostructure Guided from Transparency Response

Combining functional response materials into colloidal photonic crystals is an accepted encryption strategy for information security. Here, bilayer inverse heterostructure photonic crystals that enable instantaneously transparentizing of the top layer and simultaneously releasing the reflected light of the bottom layer when exposed to ethanol are reported. The transition can quickly return to its original state after the evaporation of ethanol. In addition, the bilayer film is responsive to water, which shows redshift of the bandgap position. The mechanism of the design involves optical scattering and diffraction in the fabricated periodic nanostructures and uses the infiltration and capillary evaporation of fluids with low surface tension to realize the spectral diversity of reflectance. The effects of scattering and color superposition of the upper layer can be obliterated and re‐established for the fact of the infiltration and capillary evaporation of fluids with low surface tension; meanwhile, it provisionally displays the pattern of the bottom layer. Multiple reversible ways to hide and display information could be easily realized by these characteristics. Reconfigurable bilayer inverse heterostructure photonic crystals simultaneously provide a simple and sensitive optical technique for investigating the intriguing encryption effects at the nanoscale.     

周期线性变化光子晶体用于色散补偿的研究

文章研究了周期线性变化的一维光子晶体的色散补偿特性.根据周期性介质中电磁场在界面处的传递规律,利用传输矩阵方法分析了不同频率的光波在周期线性变化的一维光子晶体中的反射特性,结果表明这种光子晶体对于不同频率的光波成分具有不同的延时,利用这种延时特性,可以制作用于密集波分复用(DWDM)系统的色散补偿器件.     

Inverse‐Woodpile Photonic Band Gap Crystals with a Cubic Diamond‐like Structure Made from Single‐Crystalline Silicon

Three dimensional photonic band gap crystals with a cubic diamond‐like symmetry are fabricated. These so‐called inverse‐woodpile nanostructures consist of two perpendicular sets of pores in single‐crystal silicon wafers and are made by means of complementary metal oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)‐compatible methods. Both sets of pores have high aspect ratios and are made by deep reactive‐ion etching. The mask for the first set of pores is defined in chromium by means of deep UV scan‐and‐step technology. The mask for the second set of pores is patterned using an ion beam and carefully placed at an angle of 90° with an alignment precision of better than 30 nm. Crystals are made with pore radii between 135–186 nm with lattice parameters a = 686 and c = 488 nm such that a/c = √2; hence the structure is cubic. The crystals are characterized using scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction. By milling away slices of crystal, the pores are analyzed in detail in both directions regarding depth, radius, tapering, shape, and alignment. Using optical reflectivity it is demonstrated that the crystals have broad reflectivity peaks in the near‐infrared frequency range, which includes the telecommunication range. The strong reflectivity confirms the high quality of the photonic crystals. Furthermore the width of the reflectivity peaks agrees well with gaps in calculated photonic band structures.     

Humidity‐Compensating Sensor for Volatile Organic Compounds Using Stacked Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals

One‐dimensional photonic crystals constructed from multilayered stacks of porous Si are used as sensors for gas‐phase volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The ability of a double‐stack structure to provide compensation for drift due to changing relative humidity (RH) is investigated. In this approach, two separate photonic crystals (dielectric stacks) are etched into a crystalline Si substrate, one on top of the other. The top stack is chemically modified to be hydrophobic (by hydrosilylation with dodecene) and the bottom stack is made hydrophilic (by hydrosilylation with undecylenic acid). It is shown that the optical spectrum of the double‐stack structure provides an effective means to discriminate VOCs from water vapor. In this approach, shifts in the peak frequencies from both photonic crystals are measured simultaneously. Because the two stacks respond differently to water and to VOC, the effect of changing humidity can be nulled by calculating the weighted difference between the two peak frequencies. Reliable determination of the concentration of VOC vapor in nitrogen over a range of RH values (25% < RH < 75%) is demonstrated. The ability of the double‐stack structure to discriminate between water vapor and VOCs is quantified for four different VOCs: toluene, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), heptane, and ethanol.     

Asymmetric Tunable Photonic Bandgaps in Self‐Organized 3D Nanostructure of Polymer‐Stabilized Blue Phase I Modulated by Voltage Polarity

Electrically responsive photonic crystals represent one of the most promising intelligent materials for technological applications in optoelectronics. In this research, a polymer‐stabilized blue phase (PSBP) I film with the self‐organized 3D nanostructure is fabricated, and an electrically tunable photonic bandgap (PBG) is achieved. Interestingly, the large‐scale shift of the PBG covering the entire visible spectrum is found to be asymmetric and can be modulated by the polarity and magnitude of bias voltage. Moreover, to demonstrate the usability in optical devices, blue phase lasers are developed by doping the PSBP material with fluorescent dyes. And mirrorless lasing emission with electrically tunable wavelength is observed. This self‐assembled soft material is prospective to produce large‐scale electrically responsive photonic crystals in facile fabrication process and has enormous potential applications in intelligent optoelectronic devices, such as 3D tunable lasers, reflective full‐color displays, or photonic integrated circuits.     

拉盖尔-高斯光束在含拓扑绝缘体周期薄膜中的传输特性

基于平面角谱扩展法和4×4矩阵传输理论,研究了拉盖尔-高斯光束(LGB)在含拓扑绝缘体(TI)周期性层状薄膜中的反射和透射特性,对线偏振的LGB入射到周期性层状薄膜中的反射场和透射场的强度分布进行了分析和详细讨论。研究结果表明,TI的拓扑磁电极化率(TMEP)和薄膜的周期个数对强度分布有很大影响,通过改变TMEP或周期个数可以操纵涡旋光的光场。所提方法不仅可以推广到其他含TI的多层介质体系,而且对进一步研究TI光子晶体中的光子能带结构和带隙具有一定的意义。     

光子晶体的双折射特性的数值模拟及理论分析

本文对一维光子晶体的双折射特性进行了数值和理论的计算.分析了低频及带边电磁波的双折射特性.在低频近似下导出了一维光子晶体对横电波(TE波)和横磁波(TM波)的折射率方程.当构成周期结构的两种介质的厚度相同时,折射率椭球的偏心率最大,光子晶体对两种不同偏振态的电磁波的双折射效应最明显.     

InSe Schottky Diodes Based on Van Der Waals Contacts

2D semiconductors are excellent candidates for next‐generation electronics and optoelectronics thanks to their electrical properties and strong light‐matter interaction. To fabricate devices with optimal electrical properties, it is crucial to have both high‐quality semiconducting crystals and ideal contacts at metal‐semiconductor interfaces. Thanks to the mechanical exfoliation of van der Waals crystals, atomically thin high‐quality single‐crystals can easily be obtained in a laboratory. However, conventional metal deposition techniques can introduce chemical disorder and metal‐induced mid‐gap states that induce Fermi level pinning and can degrade the metal‐semiconductor interfaces, resulting in poorly performing devices. In this article, the electrical contact characteristics of Au–InSe and graphite–InSe van der Waals contacts, obtained by stacking mechanically exfoliated InSe flakes onto pre‐patterned Au or graphite electrodes without the need for lithography or metal deposition is explored. The high quality of the metal‐semiconductor interfaces obtained by van der Waals contact allows to fabricate high‐quality Schottky diodes based on the Au–InSe Schottky barrier. The experimental observation indicates that the contact barrier at the graphite–InSe interface is negligible due to the similar electron affinity of InSe and graphite, while the Au–InSe interfaces are dominated by a large Schottky barrier.