Applications of the transmitted phase properties of photonic crystals in all-optical switches and logic gates

Wen-yao LIANG; Zi-hao XU; Jun-keng LIANG; Yi-jing CHEN

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2013.02.020

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