Beam steering in planar-photonic crystals: From superprism to supercollimator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 561-566

  Wu, Lijun ^a   Mazilu, Michael ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular dispersion; Loss; Planar photonic crystals; Self collimating phenomena

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRISMS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANGULAR DISPERSION; BEAM STEERING; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SUPERCOLLIMATOR; SUPERPRISM;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0038242023     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.808773     Document Type: Article

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