Effective-medium description of disordered photonic alloys

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1414-1419

  Yannopapas, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS;

COHERENT-POTENTIAL APPROXIMATION SCHEME; MAXWELL-GARNETT EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM THEORY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICS;

EID: 33749635827     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001414     Document Type: Article

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