Broad angle and frequency tunable photonic crystal-polarization beam splitter based on negative refraction: Transition from right-handed to left-handed medium

Optica Applicata

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Rajput, Monika ^a   Sinha, R K ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Equi frequency surface; Negative index medium; Negative refraction; Optical antenna; Photonic crystals; Polarization beam splitter

Indexed keywords

EQUI-FREQUENCY SURFACE; NEGATIVE INDEX MEDIUM; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER;

ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79956120172     PISSN: 00785466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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