Optical bistability in colloidal crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 3613-3618

  Lidorikis, E ^a   Li, Qiming ^a   Soukoulis, C M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; ELECTROSTRICTION; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYSTYRENES;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC GRADIENT FORCE; INCIDENT WAVE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP MATERIALS;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 0031097658     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.3613     Document Type: Article

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