Symmetry properties of two-dimensional anisotropic photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2002-2013

  Alagappan, G ^a   Sun, X W ^a   Shum, P ^a   Yu, M B ^b   den Engelsen, D ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BAND STRUCTURE; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BRILLOUIN ZONES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SYMMETRY LOSS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33748701849     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002002     Document Type: Article

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