Highly increased photonic band gaps in silica/air structures

Optics Communications

Volumn 156, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 240-244

  Broeng, Jes ^a   Barkou, Stig E ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^a   Knight, Jonathan C ^b   Birks, Tim A ^b   Russell, Philip St J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Optical materials; Photonic band gaps

Indexed keywords

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONS; SILICA;

PHOTONIC BAND GAPS;

BAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032206101     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00470-2     Document Type: Article

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