Effective index approximations of photonic crystal slabs: A 2-to-1-D assessment

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Hammer, Manfred ^a,b   Ivanova, Olena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effective index approximation; Integrated optics; Numerical modeling; Photonic crystal slabs

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURES; EFFECTIVE INDEX; EFFECTIVE INDEX APPROXIMATION; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; GUIDED MODES; HELMHOLTZ; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; REFERENCE DATA;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77952429023     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-009-9349-3     Document Type: Article

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