Optical induction of three-dimensional photonic lattices and enhancement of discrete diffraction

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 13151-13156

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Egger, Robert ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; PHOTONICS;

BRILLOUIN ZONE SPECTROSCOPY; DISCRETE DIFFRACTION; INDEX STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INDUCTION; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; RECONFIGURABLE PHOTONICS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

OPTICAL LATTICES;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67749091049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013151     Document Type: Article

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