Annular photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10316-10326

  Kurt, Hamza ^a   Citrin, D S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

DIELECTRIC RODS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC);

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 28944436905     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010316     Document Type: Article

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