Optical switches based on partial band gap and anomalous refraction in photonic crystals modulated by liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 10033-10040

  Wang, Yao Yu ^a   Chen, Jiun Yeu ^b   Chen, Lien Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PARTIAL BAND GAPS; PLANE WAVES; TRIANGULAR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34547791849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010033     Document Type: Article

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