Terahertz photonic crystal switch in silicon based on self-imaging principle

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3887-3892

  Li, Zhangjian ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Li, Baojun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HIGH QUALITY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; SELF IMAGING PRINCIPLE; SILICON-BASED; TERAHERTZ APPLICATIONS; TERAHERTZ PHOTONICS; TRIANGULAR LATTICE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750446041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003887     Document Type: Article

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