Enhancement of nonlinear effects using photonic crystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Soljačić, Marin ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY GAP; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSPARENCY; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVELENGTH;

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PHYSICS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; PHYSICS;

EID: 1842731297     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1097     Document Type: Review

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