Compact wavelength demultiplexing using focusing negative index photonic crystal superprisms

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2413-2422

  Momeni, Babak ^a   Huang, Jiandong ^a   Soltani, Mohammad ^a   Askari, Murtaza ^a   Mohammadi, Saeed ^a   Rakhshandehroo, Mohammad ^a   Adibi, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); PHOTONS; PRISMS; REFRACTION;

4-CHANNEL OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXER; COMPACT WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXING; CONVENTIONAL SUPERPRISM STRUCTURES; DIFFRACTION COMPENSATION SCHEME; NEGATIVE DIFFRACTION AND NEGATIVE REFRACTION; NEGATIVE INDEX PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SUPERPRISMS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL REGION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33645084253     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002413     Document Type: Article

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