Numerical investigation of emission in finite-sized, three-dimensional photonic crystals with structural fluctuations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1157-1161

  Ishizaki, Kenji ^a   Okano, Makoto ^a,b   Noda, Susumu ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EMISSION PROPERTIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN CALCULATIONS; FREE SPACES; LIGHT EMITTERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; STACKED LAYER; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 67650763182     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001157     Document Type: Article

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