Photonic crystal components: Harnessing the power of photon

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 30-35

  De La Rue, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GEOMETRY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

MACH-ZEHNDER GEOMETRY; OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DEVICES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747593731     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.17.7.000030     Document Type: Article

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