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Optical study on opaline thin films grown by vertical deposition

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We have studied optical properties of opaline thin films grown by the vertical deposition method. The opaline films under study were three-dimensional close-packed arrangements of a-SiO2 spheres. The fcc domains, which are of 10–50 μm in size and separated by cracks, were seen in FE-SEM images. Analysis of angle-resolved transmissivity of opaline films shows that they act as three-dimensional photonic crystals. Photonic stop-bands were observed and attributed to the {111} family of crystallographic planes. Crystallographic structure of the films was characterized as twinned fcc, in which twins are spatially separated by cracks.

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  1. A. V. Baryshev

    Present address: A. F. Ioffe Physico–Technical Institute, 194021, St.-Petersburg, Russia

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  1. Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan

    R. Fujikawa, A. V. Baryshev, K. Nishimura, H. Uchida & M. Inoue

  2. Japan Science and Tech. Corporation, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

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Fujikawa, R., Baryshev, A.V., Nishimura, K. et al. Optical study on opaline thin films grown by vertical deposition. J Porous Mater 13, 287–290 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-006-8018-1

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