Band gap characterization and slow light effects in one dimensional photonic crystals based on silicon slot-waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 11769-11775

  Riboli, F ^a   Bettotti, P ^b   Pavesi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION;

BAND GAP CHARACTERIZATION; COUPLED RESONATOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE (CROW); OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; SILICON SLOT-WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34648823320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011769     Document Type: Article

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