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Abstract

This paper presents a comparative analysis between the experimental characterization and the numerical simulation results for a three-dimensional FCC photonic crystal (PhC) based on a self-assembly synthesis of monodispersive latex spheres. Specifically, experimental optical characterization, by means of reflectance measurements under variable angles over the lattice plane family [1,1,1], are compared to theoretical calculations based on the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, in order to investigate the correlation between theoretical predictions and experimental data. The goal is to highlight the influence of crystal defects on the achieved performance.

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Dr. Anderson Oliveira Silva

Dr. Roberto Bertholdo

Dr. Mateus Geraldo Schiavetto

Dr. Ben-Hur Viana Borges

Dr. Sidney José Lima Ribeiro

Dr. Younes Messaddeq

Dr. Murilo Araujo Romero