Polarization-resolved reflections in ordered and bunched silicon nanowire arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3063-3068

  Khorasaninejad, M ^a,b   Patchett, S ^b   Sun, J ^c   O, N ^d   Saini, S S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c J A WOOLLAM CO INC   (United States)

^d DALSA Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE INDEX; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; ORDERED NANOWIRES; P-POLARIZED; POLARIZATION-RESOLVED REFLECTIONS; S-POLARIZED; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; WAVELENGTH EXCITATIONS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84870163672     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.003063     Document Type: Article

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