Self-collimated waveguide bends and partial bandgap reflection of photonic crystals with parallelogram lattice

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 791-795

  Gao, Dingshan ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,b   Citrin, David S ^b,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

BANDGAP REFLECTION; PARALLELOGRAM LATTICE; WAVEGUIDE BENDS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 44349160792     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000791     Document Type: Article

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