Slow to superluminal light waves in thin 3D photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 15342-15350

  Galisteo Lopez J F ^a   Galli, M ^a   Balestreri, A ^a   Patrini, M ^a   Andreani, L C ^a   Lopez C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BRAGG DIFFRACTION; PHOTONIC STATES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36248990292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015342     Document Type: Article

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