Abstract
Photonic crystals are emerging as a potential disruptive technology for the coming decade. The functionality of photonic crystals could be dramatically enhanced by providing a means to tune their spectral properties. In the past, tunable photonic crystals have been demonstrated using liquid crystals1,2 to control the refractive index, for which the optimal response time is milliseconds. Recently, it was suggested that thermally injected free-carriers could be used to tune photonic crystals.
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