Reflection minimization at two-dimensional photonic crystal interfaces

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4270-4277

  Lee, Sun Goo ^a   Choi, Jin Sun ^a   Kim, Jae Eun ^a   Park, Hae Yong ^a   Kee, Chul Sik ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT PROPAGATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANTIREFLECTION COATING THEORY; ANTIREFLECTION STRUCTURES; HOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; LIGHT BEAMS; OPTIMAL STRUCTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL INTERFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LENSES;

EID: 41149093629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004270     Document Type: Article

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