Effective index method in modeling of high index contrast planar photonic crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5360, Issue , 2004, Pages 390-399

  Chen, Caihua ^a   Shi, Shouyuan ^a   Murakowski, Janusz ^a   Prather, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Band diagram; Effective index method; Planar photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

BAND DIAGRAM; EFFECTIVE INDEX METHODS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PIC); PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISPERSION (WAVES); PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVEGUIDES;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 4344665773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.524298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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