Modulating dispersion properties of low index photonic crystal structures using microfluidics

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2814-2827

  Sharkawy, Ahmed ^a   Pustai, David ^b   Shi, Shouyuan ^b   Prather, Dennis W ^b   McBride, Sterling ^c   Zanzucchi, Peter ^c  

^a EM PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENERGY GAP; FLUIDIC DEVICES; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BAND GAPS; EQUI-FREQUENCY CONTOURS (EFC); OPTICAL COUPLING ELEMENTS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED STRUCTURES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 21244499784     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002814     Document Type: Article

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