Empirical Model of Optical Sensing via Spectral Shift of Circular Bragg Phenomenon

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-101

  Mackay, Tom G ^a,b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Engineered photonic nanostructures; nanowires; optical and other properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008036581     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2042589     Document Type: Article

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