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Tailoring Self-Assembled Metallic Photonic Crystals for Modified Thermal Emission

2007; American Physical Society; Volume: 99; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.99.053906

1092-0145

Sang Eon Han, Andreas Stein, David J. Norris,

Photonic and Optical Devices

We predict that modified thermal emission can result from three-dimensional, self-assembled photonic crystals. In previous tungsten structures, known as inverse opals, strong absorption prevented any influence of the periodicity. We consider the origin of this effect and show how to tailor both absorption and surface coupling in experimentally realizable metallic inverse opals. Calculations for tungsten, molybdenum, and tantalum crystals show that their optical properties can be similar to or even better than the tungsten woodpile, where modified thermal emission has already been seen.