Bio-inspired band-gap tunable elastic optical multilayer fibers.
Kolle, M; Lethbridge, A; Kreysing, M; et al.Baumberg, JJ; Aizenberg, J; Vukusic, P
Date: 27 January 2013
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Advanced Materials
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Wiley
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Abstract
The concentrically-layered photonic structure found in the tropical fruit Margaritaria nobilis serves as inspiration for photonic fibers with mechanically tunable band-gap. The fibers show the spectral filtering capabilities of a planar Bragg stack while the microscopic curvature decreases the strong directional chromaticity associated ...
The concentrically-layered photonic structure found in the tropical fruit Margaritaria nobilis serves as inspiration for photonic fibers with mechanically tunable band-gap. The fibers show the spectral filtering capabilities of a planar Bragg stack while the microscopic curvature decreases the strong directional chromaticity associated with flat multilayers. Elongation of the elastic fibers results in a shift of the reflection of over 200 nm.
Physics and Astronomy
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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