Complete photonic bandgaps in 12-fold symmetric quasicrystals

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6779, 2000, Pages 740-743

  Zoorob, M E ^a   Charlton, M D B ^a   Parker, G J ^a   Baumberg, J J ^a   Netti, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 0034643328     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35008023     Document Type: Article

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