Semianalytical approach to the design of photonic crystal cavities

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Felici, Marco ^a   Atlasov, Kirill A ^a   Surrente, Alessandro ^a   Kapon, Eli ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77957701032     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115118     Document Type: Article

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