Polarization-insensitive subwavelength grating reflector based on a semiconductor-insulatormetal structure

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 14991-15000

  Liu, Anjin ^a   Fu, Feiya ^a   Wang, Yufei ^a   Jiang, Bin ^a   Zheng, Wanhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; REFLECTION;

COMBINED EFFECT; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; INSULATOR LAYER; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84863749901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014991     Document Type: Article

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