Low modal volume dipole-like dielectric slab resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17689-17694

  Gondarenko, Alexander ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC SLABS; MODAL VOLUME; PLANAR RESONATORS; QUALITY FACTORS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; ULTRA-SMALL;

RESONATORS;

EID: 55349106588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017689     Document Type: Article

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