Physics and applications of photonic nanocrystals

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-398

  Ozbay, Ekmel ^a   Guven, Kaan ^a   Aydin, Koray ^a   Bayindir, Mehmet ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled cavity waveguide; Laser; Left handed material; Negative refraction; Photonic crystal; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROWAVES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLED CAVITY WAVEGUIDES; LEFT-HANDED MATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13144278340     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2004.005976     Document Type: Review

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