Exploring for 3D photonic bandgap structures in the 11 f.c.c. space groups

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 664-667

  Maldovan, Martin ^a   Ullal, Chaitanya K ^a   Carter, W Craig ^a   Thomas, Edwin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; VOLUME FRACTION;

FACE CENTERED CUBIC; PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 0142122525     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat979     Document Type: Letter

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