Introduction to photonic crystals and photonic band-gaps

Photonic Crystals: Physics and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 7-25

  De La Rue, Richard M ^a   De La Rue, Sarah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

channel waveguides; Gap Maps; Photonic Band gaps; Photonic crystal; Photonic Crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860483159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0844-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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