Face centered cubic photonic bandgap materials based on opal-semiconductor composites

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1975-1981

  Miguez H ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Lopez C ^a   Meseguer, F ^a,b   Yates, H M ^c   Pemble, M E ^c   Lopez Tejeira F ^d   Garcia Vidal F J ^d   Sanchez Dehesa J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

FACE CENTERED CUBIC (FCC) LATTICE; OPAL; PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG) CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0342647485     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.802983     Document Type: Article

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