Porous silicon one-dimensional photonic crystals for optical signal modulation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1514-1519

  Weiss, Sharon M ^a,b,c   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Modulation; Photonic crystal; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ACTUATION; EXTINCTION RATIO; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUALITY FACTOR;

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POROSITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 33845632792     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884083     Document Type: Article

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