Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Office:
4115 MSEB
Telephone: 217-244-2460
E-mail: abrzezi2@uiuc.edu
Photonic crystals fabricated entirely from a fluorescent material are relevant to organic light emitting diode devices and also help provide physical insight. Solid angle resolved spectroscopy of such structures reveal emission patterns that are highly dependent upon the crystal lattice, material properties, group velocity effects, and structural defects. A model has been constructed to enable the characterization of these effects and to facilitate the engineering of devices with, for example, specific emission patterns.