Dyakonov-Tamm wave guided by a twist defect in a structurally chiral material

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1615-1621

  Gao, Jun ^a,b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b   Polo Jr , John A ^c   Lei, Mingkai ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE INTERFACES;

CHIRAL MATERIAL; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; DYAKONOV-TAMM WAVE; OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; PHASE SPEED; TWIST ANGLES; TWIST DEFECTS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 67849122420     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.001615     Document Type: Article

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