Resonantly absorbing one-dimensional photonic crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Artoni, M ^a,b   La Rocca, G ^c   Bassani, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONIC RESONANCE; LIGHT WAVES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC GAPS;

BAND STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 28844497755     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.046604     Document Type: Article

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