Graded index photonic hole: Analytical and rigorous full wave solution

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Shiyang ^a,b   Li, Li ^b   Lin, Zhifang ^b,c   Chen, H Y ^c,d   Zi, Jian ^b   Chan, C T ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77957336075     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.054204     Document Type: Article

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