Tuning 2-D photonic crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5511, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Van Driel, Henry M ^a   Leonard, S W ^a   Tan, H W ^a   Birner, A ^c   Schilling, J ^c   Schweizer, S L ^b   Wehrspohn, R B ^b   Gosele U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron hole plasma; Kerr effect; Liquid crystal; Photonic crystal; Tuning

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONATORS; SILICON; TUNING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAND-GAP; CARRIER RECOMBINATION TIME; ELECTRON HOLE PLASMA; NANORESONATOR TRANSMISSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 11244349496     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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