Phonon polaritons in photonic crystals at terahertz frequency range

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1129-1136

  Araujo C A A ^a,b   Albuquerque, E L ^b,c   Mauriz, P W ^a   Vasconcelos, M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; MULTILAYERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

FIBONACCI SEQUENCES; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS; PHONON POLARITONS; PHONON-POLARITON; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY RANGE; TERAHERTZ REGION; THEORETICAL MODELING; TRANSFER MATRIX APPROACH;

PHONONS;

EID: 67649285985     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001129     Document Type: Article

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