Self-collimation of light in three-dimensional photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7076-7085

  Iliew, R ^a   Etrich, C ^a   Lederer, F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LOW-INDEX PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ORDER BANDS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SELF-COLLIMATION;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 24944438736     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007076     Document Type: Article

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