Photonic crystals: Putting a new twist on light

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6621, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Villeneuve, Pierre R ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIGHT; LITHOGRAPHY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS;

BANDGAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 1842405373     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386143a0     Document Type: Review

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