Bloch wave decomposition for prediction of strong light coupling efficiency into extended planar photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1211-1215

  Cassan, Eric ^a   Bernier, Damien ^a   Maire, Guillaume ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a   Vivien, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BLOCH WAVE DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT COUPLING; PLANE-WAVE-METHOD;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34250742518     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001211     Document Type: Article

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