MRS Proceedings

Table of Contents - Volume  1283  - Symposium B – Carbon-Based Electronic Devices—Processing, Performance and Reliability  

Editors : M. Chhowalla, R.R. Keller, M. Meyyappan, W.J. Ready

Articles

Carbon nanofiber-based photonic crystals – fabrication, diffraction and ellipsometry investigations

2010 MRS Fall Meeting.

Robert Rehammara1, Roger Magnussona2, Andreas Lassessona3, Hans Arwina2, Jari Kinareta1 and Eleanor Campbella4a5

a1 Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

a2 Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden

a3 Department of Physics, Göteborg University, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

a4 EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK

a5 Division of Quantum Phases and Devices, School of Physics, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea

ABSTRACT

Carbon nanofibers were used as building blocks for two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs. Electron beam lithography and chemical vapor deposition were used to fabricate regular arrays and random patterns of nanofibers. The optical properties of the samples were investigated using a diffraction measurement setup, as well as reflection ellipsometry. We find that carbon nanofiber regularity has a strong effect on both diffractive and specular optical properties. This shows that ellipsometry can be a valuable tool to study properties of carbon nanofiber arrays. It also shows that carbon nanofibers provide an interesting candidate as building blocks for nanostructured optical components.

(Online publication March 17 2011)

Key Words:

  • plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) (chemical reaction);
  • optical properties;
  • nanostructure
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