Influence of imperfections on the photonic insulating and guiding properties of finite Si-inverted opal crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 747-760

  Lavrinenko, Andrei V ^a   Wohlleben, Wendel ^b   Leyrer, Reinhold J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPHERES;

FABRICATION DISORDERS; GUIDING PROPERTIES; INVERTED OPALS; NORMAL LAW; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; SKEWED DISTRIBUTION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 58449134552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000747     Document Type: Article

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