PHAT
Objectives
Organisation
Partners and Participants
PHAT
Summary
PHAT
Results
Artificially
Inscribed Defects in Opals
Monodisperse
Colloids for Polymer Opals
Bloch
mode parity change in PhC-waveguides
Acoustic
vibration-assisted vertical (AVAV) drawing deposition
PHAT
Publications
Objectives of the project
The specific objectives of PHAT are:
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To improve fabrication processes for 2D and 3D PhCs with
emphasis on flexibility, manufacturability
and functionalisation, towards the on-chip
synthesis of Si-inverted opals with the planar defect, optical
and electrical addressing the opal-embedded
light source.
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To study light guiding and basic routing functions in 2D
PhC. Our target is a 10%-50% coupling
efficiency with 3D PhC mode.
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To study light emission control in 3D PhCs at room
temperature, and achieve an efficiency of
10 to 50% for coupling the emission with
ridge waveguide in the circuit plane
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To give a proof-of-concept and first assessment of hybrid
PhC structures, by integrating a 2D PhC
waveguide with a cavity PhC emitter
in a simple architecture.
Thus to meet the key objective our approach is
to carry out a focused study of (a) materials and
nanofabrication methods,
with inherent high versatility, manufacturability and efficiency and (b)
two
key functionalities to test the integration of 2D and 3D PhCs.
Organization of the project
The research work is divided into the following seven work
packages (WPs):
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WP1 |
Three-dimensional photonic crystal synthesis.
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WP2 |
Platforms for three-dimensional photonic crystals.
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WP3 |
Spontaneous and stimulated emission in three-dimensional
photonic crystals.
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WP4 |
Waveguiding in two-dimensional photonic crystals.
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WP5 |
Theory and modelling of two- and three-dimensional photonic
crystals.
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WP6 |
Integration of two- and three-dimensional photonic
crystals.
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WP7 |
Project coordination.
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Participants and partners
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Johannes Gutenberg
Universität, Mainz, Germany
Providing expertise in polymer chemistry, opal
fabrication and
inversion processing of opals.
Contact: Prof. Rudolf Zentel
zentel(at)mail.uni-mainz.de
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VTT, Helsinki, Finland
Technical Research Centre of Finland
Providing expertise in silicon processing, ion beam etching and
characterization.
Contact: Dr. Jouni Ahopelto
jouni.ahopelto(at)vtt.fi
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Tyndall National
Institute, Cork, Ireland
University College of Cork
Providing expertise in electrom beam lithography, growth of
photonic crystals of opal structure, optical characterization
and modelling.
Contact: Dr. Gudrun Kocher
gudrun.kocher(at)tyndall.ie
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CEA, Grenoble, France
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
Providing expertise in fabrication and characterization of
silicon-based two-dimensional photonic crystals.
Contact: Dr. Thomas Charvolin
charvoli(at)drfmc.ceng.cea.fr
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University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc
Montpellier II
Providing expertise in computational physics and theory on
photonic crystals.
Contact: Dr. David Cassagne
cassagne(at)ges.univ-montp2.fr
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Last updated
December 2006, Gudrun Kocher
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