Block copolymers as photonic bandgap materials

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1963-1969

  Fink, Yoel ^a   Urbas, Augustine M ^a   Bawendi, Moungi G ^b   Joannopoulos, John D ^b   Thomas, Edwin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMER BLENDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT CONFINEMENT; LIGHT LOCALIZATION; PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG) CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0033339834     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.802981     Document Type: Article

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