Diffractionless optical networking in an inverse opal photonic band gap micro-chip

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Chutinan, Alongkarn ^a   John, Sajeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Photonic crystal heterostructures; Photonic integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BANDWIDTH; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL NETWORKING; PHOTONIC BAND GAP (PBG); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL HETEROSTRUCTURES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 3042551415     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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