Image transfer by cascaded stack of photonic crystal and air layers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 879-886

  Shen, C ^a   Michielsen, K ^a   De Raedt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DETERIORATION; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS;

CASCADED STACK; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL INTERFACE TERMINATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLABS; SURFACE TERMINATION;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 31144448733     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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