A novel hybrid organic/inorganic photonic crystal slab showing a resonance action at the band edge

Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a hybrid photonic crystal (PC) slab consisting of air rods in a nanocomposite prepared by incorporating CdSe/CdS core/shell NRs (NR) in a polymer. Since the styrene methyl acrylate based polymer (ZEP) is transparent in the visible spectral range and is an electron-sensitive material, it was chosen as the embedding matrix for the NRs. Scanning electron microscopy and luminance measurements were used to characterize the experimental structure. The vertical extraction of the light, by the coupling of the modes guided by the PC slab to the free radiation via Bragg scattering, consists of a narrow orange emission band at 592 nm with a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 17 nm. The original characteristics of hybrid materials based on polymers and colloidal NRs, able to combine the unique optical properties of the inorganic moiety with the processability of the host matrix, are extremely appealing in view of their technological impact on the development of new high performing optical devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, ultra-low threshold lasers and non-linear devices.

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