Polarization conversion with a photonic crystal slab

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Laroche, Marine ^a   Marquier, François ^a   Vandenbem, Cédric ^b,c   Greffet, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Photonic crystals; Polarization; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949166367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2008.08038     Document Type: Article

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