Wavelength tuning of planar photonic crystals by local processing of individual holes

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 22005-22011

  Kicken, H H J E ^a   Alkemade, P F A ^b   Van Der Heijden, R W ^a   Karouta, F ^a   Notzel R ^a   Van Der Drift, E ^b   Salemink, H W M ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WET ETCHING;

FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; LOCAL PROCESSING; MASKING LAYERS; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SELECTIVE TUNING; TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ION; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 72449133804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022005     Document Type: Article

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