Photonic Crystal

Photonic Crystal

Photonic crystals are periodic optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the motion of photons in a similar way that periodicity of a semiconductor crystal affects the motion of electrons. Photonic crystals occur in nature and in various forms have been studied scientifically for the last 100 years.

Read more about Photonic Crystal:  Introduction, History of Photonic Crystals, Construction Strategies, Fabrication Challenges, Computing Photonic Band Structure, Applications

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