Y Jiang et al 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 5871 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/34/317
Y Jiang, C Whitehouse, Jensen Li, Wing Yim Tam, C T Chan and Ping Sheng
Show affiliationsWe report the fabrication of opal structure using metallo-dielectric silica microspheres. Mono-dispersed silica microspheres were coated with silver using an electrode-less wet-plating technique. Thin slabs of opal were obtained by assembling the silver-coated microspheres between two glass plates using a forced-packing method. The optical properties of the resulting opal structure were studied in the infrared range. Good agreement is obtained with the predictions of a multiple scattering approach, provided that the silver layer is modelled as a silver composite.
78.20.-e Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films
77.84.-s Dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric materials
Issue 34 (3 September 2003)
Received 13 March 2003, in final form 8 July 2003
Published 15 August 2003
Y Jiang et al 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 5871
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