Effects of structural fluctuations on the photonic bandgap during fabrication of a photonic crystal: A study of a photonic crystal with a finite number of periods

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1398-1402

  Chutinan, Alongkarn ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG); TRANSFER MATRIX;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0033243824     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001398     Document Type: Article

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