Transmission of light in crystals with different homogeneity: Using shannon index in photonic media

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bellingeri, Michele ^a   Longhi, Stefano ^b   Scotognella, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photonic crystals; Shannon index; Structure property relationships

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFORMATION ENTROPY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SHANNON INDEX; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955022203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2010.10041     Document Type: Article

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