Effect of a photonic band gap on scattering from waveguide disorder

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3639-3641

  Povinelli, M L ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Lidorikis, Elefterios ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTION LOSSES; WAVEGUIDE DISORDERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY GAP; INTEGRATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 2542450093     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1723686     Document Type: Article

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