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AUTHOR
M Cucini
All-optical tuning of a photonic band-gap via near-infrared laser pulses
We present an all-optical tuning at IR wavelength in a novel photonic crystal consisting of a polystyrene opal with gold nanoparticles. The band-gap can be finely tuned with permanent shifts as large as 30 nm irradiating the sample with ps pulses at a low rep-rate in the visible.
Fine tuning of a photonic band-gap with picosecond laser pulses
We report on light-driven tuning of the optical properties of colloidal photonic crystals (polystyrene opals) doped with gold nanoparticles (Au-np). Using picosecond pulses at 532 nm we obtained permanent changes in the stop band around 1700 nm, with resonance blue shifts as large as 30 nm.