Photonic crystal defect tuning for optimized light-matter interaction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7031, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kang, Christopher ^a   Weiss, Sharon M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect structures; Finite difference time domain; Multi hole defects; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DEFECT STRUCTURES; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONICS; POWDERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RESONANCE; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE DEFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; BIOSENSING; DEFECT RADIUSES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; HOLE DEFECTS; HOLE SIZES; MULTI-HOLE DEFECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MICRO CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SUB WAVELENGTHS; SURFACE AREAS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 55349102331     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.798277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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