Band-gap structure for periodic chiral media

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1395-1406

  Flood, Kevin M ^a   Jaggard, Dwight L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000055839     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001395     Document Type: Article

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