Photonic crystal structures in titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) and their optimal design

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1486-1497

  Wang, X ^a   Fujimaki, M ^a   Awazu, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CRYSTALS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; OPTICAL FABRICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 17444394532     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001486     Document Type: Article

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