Analytical determination of bandgaps in photonic crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5000, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-79

  Khorasani, Sina ^a   Adibi, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential Transfer Matrix Method; Non homogeneous Media; Photonic Crystals

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPERLATTICES;

BANDGAPS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0242661403     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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