Fabrication of complete photonic band gap structures by two-photon polymerization and subsequent infiltration with high refractive index materials

通过光子晶体的集成将光子电路缩小几个数量级的能力为新颖的器件设计提供了许多刺激的可能性。一种推测性的观点是，这种电子化可能会产生类似于20世纪60年代电子元件所经历的影响。然而，三维光子晶体的制造仍然是一个重大挑战，开发新的，灵活的，快速的纳米制造技术至关重要。实现一种创新的技术，用于制造三维完整的光子带隙结构，因为它是建议将作出重要贡献的新兴领域的全光电信和数据通信，并将提供重大的经济效益，澳大利亚。

The ability to shrink photonic circuits by orders of magnitudes by the integration of photonic crystals offers many stimulating possibilities for novel device designs. A speculative view is that this miniaturisation can have a similar impact to that experienced in electronic components in the 1960s. However, the fabrication of 3D photonic crystals remains a major challenge and the development of new, flexible, and fast nano-fabrication techniques is vital. The realization of an innovative technique for the fabrication of 3D complete photonic band gap structures as it is suggested will make an essential contribution to the emerging field of all-optical tele- and data-communications and will deliver major economic benefit to Australia.