Defect modes of a two-dimensional photonic crystal in an optically thin dielectric slab

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-285

  Painter, O ^a   Vuckovic J ^a   Scherer, A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

DEFECT MODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICALLY THIN DIELECTRIC SLAB; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033248057     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000275     Document Type: Article

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