Localized classical waves created by defects

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Figotin, Alexander ^a   Klein, Abel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Defects; Electromagnetic waves; Localization; Periodic medium; Photonic band gaps; Photonic crystals; Photonic localization; Spectral gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030701098     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02180202     Document Type: Article

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