Waveguidance by the photonic bandgap effect in optical fibres

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 477-482

  Broeng, Jes ^a   Søndergaard, Thomas ^a   Barkou, Stig E ^a   Barbeito, Pablo M ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG) WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033328258     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/1/4/311     Document Type: Article

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