Extremely low optical transmittance in the stopbands of photonic crystals

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Ohtera, Yasuo ^a   Kawashima, Takayuki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Photonic Lattice Incorporated   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex photonic band diagram; Evanescent modes; Photonic bandgap; Photonic crystal; Wavelength filter

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BAND GAPS; COMB LIKES; COMPLEX PHOTONIC BAND DIAGRAM; DECAY CONSTANTS; EIGEN-MODES; EVANESCENT MODES; FINITE THICKNESS; IMAGINARY PARTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCES; PHASE CHANGES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; PHOTONIC BANDGAPS; PROPAGATION CONSTANTS; REAL PARTS; STOP-BANDS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVELENGTH FILTER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 63149105919     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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