Analytical demonstration of omnidirectional transmission enhancement in dispersive birefringent photonic-bandgap structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1785-1792

  Mandatori, Antonio ^a   Sibilia, Concita ^a   Bertolotti, Mario ^a   Zhukovsky, Sergei ^b   Gaponenko, Sergey V ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OMNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION; PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 24144475058     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001785     Document Type: Article

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