Wave propagation through a photonic crystal in a negative phase refractive-index region

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-110

  Qiu, Min ^a   Thylén, Lars ^a   Swillo, Marcin ^b   Jaskorzynska, Bozena ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b PhoXtal Communications AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Negative refractive index; Photonic crystal; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037273144     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.807977     Document Type: Article

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