Directional emitter and beam splitter based on self-collimation effect

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1234-1239

  Liang, W Y ^a   Dong, J W ^a   Wang, H Z ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMISSION; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ANGULAR DIVERGENCE; COMPACT BEAM SPLITTERS; DIRECTIONAL EMISSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 33846890447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001234     Document Type: Article

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