Preparation and optical properties of angle-dependent photonic crystals based on multi-layer films

Abstract The Cr SiO2 photonic crystals, featured with two-dimensional structure and optical variation, was prepared by magnetron sputtering and electron beam lithography method. The finite difference time domain method (FDTD) is used to study the light-modulated characteristics of photonic crystals. Hue difference (⊿H) was used to evaluate the optical variations of photonic crystals, and bigger ⊿H indicates stronger angle dependency of color variation. Various parameters are analyzed for their impact upon ⊿H, including hole geometry (radium, r), hole gap (distance between the centers of two circles, d) and hole depth (h). The results matched the ones from simulation. Carbon quantum dots and up-conversion nanocrystals NaYF4 were inserted into the photonic crystals, and testing results of these doped crystals showed optical variation of fluorescence in the UV and IR region.