Defect modes in multisection helical photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7319-7335

  Wang, Fei ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT REFLECTION;

BRAGG REGIME; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SPECTRAL HOLES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 25144492869     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007319     Document Type: Article

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