Near-field scanning optical microscopy as a simultaneous probe of fields and band structure of photonic crystals: A computational study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3461-3463

  Fan, Shanhui ^a   Appelbaum, Ian ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001144113     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125296     Document Type: Article

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