Modal formulation for diffraction by absorbing photonic crystal slabs

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 817-831

  Dossou, Kokou B ^a   Botten, Lindsay C ^a   Asatryan, Ara A ^a   Sturmberg, Björn C P ^b   Byrne, Michael A ^a   Poulton, Christopher G ^a   McPhedran, Ross C ^b   De Sterke, C Martijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

A-PLANE; ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; ARBITRARY GEOMETRY; COMPLEX UNITS; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84861173653     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.000817     Document Type: Article

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