Self-assembled photonic crystal waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 351-353

  Baek, Kang Hyun ^a   Gopinath, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical waveguides; Photonic bandgap (PBG); Self assembled photonic crystals (PCs)

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE;

OPAL CLADDING; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; SELF ASSEMBLED PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 13444273306     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.839789     Document Type: Article

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