Optical tuning of planar photonic crystals infiltrated with organic molecules

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2165-2171

  El Kallassi, Pascale ^a   Ferrini, Rolando ^a   Zuppiroli, Libero ^a   Le Thomas, Nicolas ^a   Houdré, Romuald ^a   Berrier, Audrey ^b   Anand, Srinivasan ^b   Talneau, Anne ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

AZOBENZENE MOLECULES; OPTICAL TUNING; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRSYTAL SYSTEM;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36048968969     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002165     Document Type: Article

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