Peculiarities of photonic crystal recording in functional polymer nanocomposites by multibeam interference holography

Publication date: 10 March 2017
Source:Polymer, Volume 112
Author(s): D.I. Zhuk, J.A. Burunkova, I. Yu Denisyuk, G.P. Miroshnichenko, I. Csarnovics, D. Tóth, A. Bonyár, M. Veres, S. Kokenyesi
Two-dimensional photonic crystal structures (PCS) were fabricated using a one-step recording process, multi-beam interference in smart polymer nanocomposites incorporating SiO2 and Au nanoparticles sensitized to 532 nm laser radiation. It was shown, that PCS with different geometry can be recorded in thick nanocomposite layers. The typical two dimensional (2D) PCS have square structure with 2–8 μm period, being in good agreement with theoretical structures obtained by mathematical modeling of the recorded PCS. The peculiarities of the photo-polymerization of nanocomposites with plasmonic Au nanoparticles were analyzed on the basis of Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging (SPRi) and Raman spectroscopy investigations and used for the interpretation of the recording process and periodic structure formation.

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