Far infrared photonic crystals operating in the Reststrahl region

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 10637-10648

  Soref, Richard A ^a   Qiang, Zexuan ^b   Zhou, Weidong ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL LOSSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

INFRARED PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHONON ABSORPTION PEAKS; PROPAGATION LOSSES; RECONFIGURABLE WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548099834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010637     Document Type: Article

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