Fabrication of three-dimensional ceramic photonic crystals and their electromagnetic properties

Fabrication process for three-dimensional ceramic photonic crystals with a diamond structure was investigated. A diamond structure composed of epoxy lattice including SiO2–TiO2 ceramic particles at 10 vol.% was fabricated as a precursor by stereolithography. After burning off the epoxy resin in air, the diamond structure of SiO2–TiO2 was successfully sintered at 1400 °C for 2.5 h. The linear shrinkage ratio was 50%. Cracks were not found in the sintered diamond structure. Photonic bandgap was observed at around 19 GHz.