Experimental evidence of Bloch surface waves on photonic crystals with thin-film LiNbO3 as a top layer

Tatiana Kovalevich; Djaffar Belharet; Laurent Robert; Myun-Sik Kim; Hans Peter Herzig; Thierry Grosjean; Maria-Pilar Bernal

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000649

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