Bragg-regime engineering by columnar thinning of chiral sculptured thin films

Optik

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 556-560

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Horn, Mark W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreduction; Bragg regime; Chemical etching; Circular Bragg phenomenon; Local homogenization; Sculptured thin films; Structural chirality

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ETCHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS;

BRAGG REGIME ENGINEERING; CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; COLUMNAR THINNING;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 1842506004     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00308     Document Type: Article

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