title: Observation of optical activity in dielectric biomimetic 8-srs networks.
abstract: We demonstrate the first experimental realization of the 8-srs network by direct laser writing in a dielectric medium. The optical properties of this photonic crystal are both numerically simulated and experimentally measured. The numerical simulations indicate a strong optical activity (OA) for regions of the spectrum close to the unit cell size (3 μm) and a high sensitivity to angular resolution. Experimentally, we observe 40° of OA for a region of the spectrum between 3 and 3.5 μm, confirming both simulation predictions.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turella
authors.forename: Benjamin P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Cumming
authors.forename: Gerd E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Schröder-Turk
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D007834:Lasers; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D055620:Optical Phenomena