Photonic band gaps analysis of Thue-Morse multilayers made of porous silicon

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 451-459

  Moretti, Luigi ^a   Rea, Ilaria ^b   Rotiroti, Lucia ^b   Rendina, Ivo ^b   Abbate, Giancarlo ^c   Marino, Antigone ^c   De Stefano, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POROUS SILICON;

DENSITY OF STATES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; THUE-MORSE STRUCTURES; TRANSFER MATRIX;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33745459565     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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