Photonic bandgap formation and tunability in certain self-organizing systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1931-1943

  John, Sajeev ^a   Busch, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

PHOTONIC BAND GAP (PBG) MATERIALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0033354299     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.802976     Document Type: Article

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