Bragg structure and the first spectral gap

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1926-1930

  Osting, Braxton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg structure; Fundamental gap; Periodic operator; Photonic crystal; Quarter wave stack; Spectral optimization

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BRAGG STRUCTURE; FUNDAMENTAL GAP; PERIODIC OPERATOR; QUARTER WAVE STACKS; SPECTRAL OPTIMIZATION;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 84865622013     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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