Techniques for Tuning Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5213, Issue , 2004, Pages 49-62

  Pustai, David M ^a   Prather, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC BAND GAP (PBG); PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUNING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 1842737456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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