Enabling single-mode behavior over large areas with photonic Dirac cones

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9761-9765

  Bravo Abad, Jorge ^a   Joannopoulos, John D ^b   Soljačić, Marin ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRAC CONE; GRAPHENE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 84862557222     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207335109     Document Type: Article

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