Fabrication of Diamond-Structure Alumina Photonic Crystal with Rectangle Cavity Defect and its Microwave Properties

A diamond-structure alumina photonic crystal with a rectangle cavity defect has been fabricated combining stereolithography (SL) and gel-casting. In transmission spectra a resonance peak of transmission of 70% is observed in the band gap of 10.48Ghz-12.21Ghz, by comparing with the measured result of the perfect structure and theoretical calculations. Experimental results showed that the peak of photonic band gap was caused by the rectangle cavity defect of the diamond structural photonic crystal. The method provides us with a novel approach to fabricate ceramic microwave photonic crystals with point defect.