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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Sanford A. Asher, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/04 (2006.01); F21V 9/06 (2006.01); G02B 5/22 (2006.01); G02B 5/26 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); F21V 9/00 (2015.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02C 7/10 (2006.01); G02F 1/361 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photonic bandgap crystal or photonic bandgap crystal material comprising a self-assembled crystalline colloidal array (CCA) of monodisperse spherical particles having a face-centered-cubic (fcc) or a body-centered-cubic (bcc) lattice dispersed in a medium. The photonic bandgap crystal or photonic bandgap crystal material has a photonic bandgap for light in the visible and near-IR or a photonic bandgap for light in the visible range of wavelengths less than about 700 nm.