A polarizing beam splitter using negative refraction of photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7699-7707

  Mocella, Vito ^a   Dardano, Principia ^a,b   Moretti, Luigi ^a,c   Rendina, I ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; REFRACTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTION STATES;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 25144463643     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007699     Document Type: Article

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