Micro- and nanooptics - An overview

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-263

  Jahns, Jürgen ^a   Cao, Qing ^a   Sinzinger, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical diffraction; Optical systems; Photonic bandgap materials; Plasmons on surfaces and interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849093279     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810009     Document Type: Review

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