Comparative analysis between experimental characterization results and numerical fdtd modeling of self-assembled photonic crystals

This paper presents a comparative analysis between the experimental characterization and the numerical simulation results for a three-dimensional FCC photonic crystal (PhC) based on a self-assembly synthesis of monodispersive latex spheres. Specifically, experimental optical characterization, by means of reflectance measurements under variable angles over the lattice plane family [1,1, 1], are compared to theoretical calculations based on the Finite Di®erence Time Domain (FDTD) method, in order to investigate the correlation between theoretical predictions and experimental data. The goal is to highlight the influence of crystal defects on the achieved performance.

Keywords

Assembly synthesis, Comparative analysis, Experimental characterization, Experimental data, FDTD modeling, Latex spheres, Lattice plane, Numerical simulation, Optical characterization, Reflectance measurements, Self-assembled, Theoretical calculations, Theoretical prediction, Time domain, Computer simulation, Crystal defects, Finite difference time domain method, Optical correlation, Photonic crystals