Guiding optical modes in chains of dielectric particles

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17380-17391

  Blaustein, Gail S ^a   Gozman, Michael I ^c   Samoylova, Olga ^a   Polishchuk, I Ya ^a,b   Burin, Alexander L ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOEMISSION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CIRCULAR ARRAYS; MIE SCATTERING; OPTICAL MODES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 37349086590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017380     Document Type: Article

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