Core-shell diamond-like silicon photonic crystals from 3D polymer templates created by holographic lithography

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 485-490

  Moon, Jun Hyuk ^a   Yang, Shu ^a   Dong, Wenting ^b   Perry, Joseph W ^b   Adibi, Ali ^c   Yang, Seung Man ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMONDS; ENERGY GAP; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BANDGAP SIMULATION; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOGRAPHIC LITHOGRAPHY; SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745475619     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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