Multifunctional photonic crystal cross waveguide for terahertz waves

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-511

  Wu, Ben ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Guo, Peng ^a   Wang, Qian ^c   Chang, Shengjiang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c Tianjin Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTALS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

BAND GAPS; COUPLING MODE; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; REFLECTION LOSS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77949282841     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000505     Document Type: Article

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