Analysis of wave propagation in a two-dimensional photonic crystal with negative index of refraction: Plane wave decomposition of the Bloch modes

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4160-4174

  Martínez, Alejandro ^a   Míguez, Hernán ^a   Sánchez Dehesa, José ^a   Martí, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DECOMPOSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE EFFECTS;

ENERGY FLOW; NEGATIVE EFFECTIVE INDEX; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVE VECTORS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 21244477878     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004160     Document Type: Article

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