Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light Export

@article{citeulike:3356858, abstract = { Photonic crystals are materials patterned with a periodicity in dielectric constant, which can create a range of 'forbidden' frequencies called a photonic bandgap. Photons with energies lying in the bandgap cannot propagate through the medium. This provides the opportunity to shape and mould the flow of light for photonic information technology.}, author = {Joannopoulos, J. D. and Villeneuve, Pierre R. and Fan, Shanhui}, citeulike-article-id = {3356858}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/386143a0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/386143a0}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1038/386143a0}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {photonic\_crystals, reviews}, month = {March}, number = {6621}, pages = {143--149}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 10:33:56}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/386143a0}, volume = {386}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3356858 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3356858 N2 - Photonic crystals are materials patterned with a periodicity in dielectric constant, which can create a range of 'forbidden' frequencies called a photonic bandgap. Photons with energies lying in the bandgap cannot propagate through the medium. This provides the opportunity to shape and mould the flow of light for photonic information technology. IS - 6621 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 149 TI - Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 386 SP - 143 KW - photonic_crystals KW - reviews AU - Joannopoulos, JD AU - Villeneuve, Pierre AU - Fan, Shanhui PY - 1997/03/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/386143a0 ER -