Tuning of photonic bandgaps by a field-induced structural change of fractal metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9149-9154

  Hou, Bo ^a   Xu, Gu ^a   Wong, Hon Kwan ^a   Wen, Weijia ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FLUID DYNAMICS; PHOTONS; RHEOLOGY;

BANDGAPS; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 27744464870     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009149     Document Type: Article

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