Three-dimensional simple cubic woodpile photonic crystals made from chalcogenide glasses

Abstract

Construction of three-dimensional photonic crystals for optical wavelengths presents many technological and material science challenges. The submicron-feature-size sculpturing must be performed in high-refractive-index materials. We present the fabrication and optical characterization of ∼750 nm feature-size simple cubic woodpile photonic crystals from As2S3 (n≈2.2). The process is based on interference lithography and the layer-by-layer construction.