Controlling Voigt waves by the Pockels effect

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mackay, Tom G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruggeman homogenization formalism; electro optic materials; Pockels effect; Voigt waves

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRUGGEMAN HOMOGENIZATION FORMALISM; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROOPTIC MATERIALS; HOMOGENIZED COMPOSITES; POCKELS EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; VOIGT WAVES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84922553330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.9.093599     Document Type: Article

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