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Fine tuning of a photonic band-gap with picosecond laser pulses

A PasquaziV AmendolaM MeneghettiM CuciniD ComorettoG. AssantoSalvatore Stivala

subject

Optical tuningphotonic crystals

description

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.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/49288