Photonic crystals: basic concepts and devices

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-266

  Viktorovitch, Pierre ^a   Drouard, Emmanuel ^a   Garrigues, Michel ^a   Leclercq, Jean Louis ^a   Letartre, Xavier ^a   Rojo Romeo, Pedro ^a   Seassal, Christian ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Microphotonics; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847758163     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.04.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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