Parametric investigation of prism-coupled excitation of Dyakonov-Tamm waves

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2081-2089

  Pulsifer, Drew Patrick ^a   Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; DYAKONOV-TAMM WAVE; INTEGRAL NUMBERS; OFFSET ANGLE; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; POLARIZATION STATE; VAPOR FLUXES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VAPORS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84882996902     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002081     Document Type: Article

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