The impact of finite-depth cylindrical and conical holes in lithium niobate photonic crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6302-6316

  Burr, G W ^a   Diziain, S ^b   Bernal, M P ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANNEALED PROTON-EXCHANGE (APE); BAND DIAGRAMS; LITHIUM NIOBATE (LN); SQUARE LATTICE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049129683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006302     Document Type: Article

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