Fabrication of two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals using laser interference ablation

We demonstrate the fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) metallic photonic crystals (MPCs) based on colloidal gold nanoparticles, where laser interference ablation combining subsequent high temperature annealing is employed for the construction of 2D gold nano-dot arrays in square lattices. The microscopic and spectroscopic properties of the 2-D MPCs are systematically characterized by the scanning electron microscope and the angle-resolved optical extinction spectroscopic measurements, the strong coupling between the waveguide resonance mode and the particle plasmon resonance of the MPCs imply the success of the fabrication method, which show potential applications in optoelectronic devices and sensors.