Terahertz wave switch based on silicon photonic crystals

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5034-5037

  Li, Jiusheng ^a   He, Jinlong ^a   Hong, Zhi ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DYNAMIC SHIFT; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TERAHERTZ WAVE SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 35449003212     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005034     Document Type: Article

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