Photonic crystal beam splitters

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 6187-6190

  Chen, Chii Chang ^a   Chien, Hung Da ^a   Luan, Pi Gang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BAND GAP; CRYSTAL BEAM SPLITTERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 10444239277     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006187     Document Type: Article

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