Triply periodic bicontinuous structures through interference lithography: A level-set approach

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 948-954

  Ullal, Chaitanya K ^a,b   Maldovan, Martin ^a   Wohlgemuth, Meinhard ^a   Thomas, Edwin L ^a   White, Christopher A ^b   Yang, Shu ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; HOLOGRAPHY; LITHOGRAPHY; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS;

BICONTINUOUS STRUCTURES;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0043076097     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000948     Document Type: Article

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