Terahertz photonic crystal resonators in double-metal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 12418-12424

  Benz, A ^a   Fasching, G ^a   Deutsch, Ch ^a   Andrews, A M ^a   Unterrainer, K ^a   Klang, P ^a   Schrenk, W ^a   Strasser, G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 85010182304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012418     Document Type: Article

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