On Dyakonov-Tamm waves localized to a central twist defect in a structurally chiral material

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Gao, Jun ^a,b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Lei, Mingkai ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE INTERFACES;

CHIRAL MATERIAL; DYAKONOV-TAMM WAVE; PHASE SPEED; TWIST DEFECTS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 73549090495     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000B74     Document Type: Article

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