title: Photonic band gaps based on tetragonal lattices of slanted pores.
abstract: We describe broad new classes of three-dimensional (3D) structures which, when made of silicon, exhibit robust 3D photonic band gaps of up to 25% of the gap center frequency. The proposed photonic crystals are readily amenable to very high precision microfabrication using established techniques such as x-ray lithography and template inversion. Each architecture consists of a set of oriented cylindrical pores emanating from a two-dimensional (2D) square lattice mask with a two-point basis. Large bandwidth, microcircuits for light may be incorporated within the resulting photonic band gaps using an intercalated 2D photonic crystal layer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7.
authors.forename: Ovidiu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Toader
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berciu
authors.forename: Sajeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: John