Colloidal optical waveguides with integrated local light sources built by capillary force assembly

Colloidal waveguide fabrication based on the convective assisted capillary force assembly technique and their optical properties is presented in this work. A large variety in shape of colloidal waveguides is built with their own integrated local light sources. It is highlighted that these structures exhibit propagation of the visible light at the micrometric scale. Finally, the onset of the integration of a colloidal emitter on a classical photonic system is developed using a stamping method. (C) 2010 American Vacuum Society. [DOI:10.1116/1.3503897]