Electrically controlled optical bandgap in a structurally chiral material

Optics Communications

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-173

  Reyes, J Adrian ^a,b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Circular Bragg phenomenon; Pockels effect; Structurally chiral material

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

OPTICAL BANDGAP; STRUCTURALLY CHIRAL MEDIUM (SCM); TRANSFER MATRIX;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 30744456285     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.08.034     Document Type: Article

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