Effects of structural fluctuations on the photonic bandgap during fabrication of a photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-244

  Chutinan, Alongkarn ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DEPOSITION; ETCHING; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; STACKED BAR STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; SUPERCELL;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033248052     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000240     Document Type: Article

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