One-dimensional anisotropic photonic crystal with a tunable bandgap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Alagappan, G ^a   Sun, X W ^a   Shum, P ^a   Yu, M B ^b   Doan, M T ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BANDGAP TUNING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLANE-WAVE METHOD; POCKEL EFFECT;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33644542417     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000159     Document Type: Article

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