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photonic crystal: a standalone construct

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a periodic dielectric structure that forbids light propagation over a band of frequencies, controlling how photons are emitted and guided.

In optics, photonic crystal refers to a periodic dielectric structure that forbids light propagation over a band of frequencies, controlling how photons are emitted and guided. This meaning comes from Yablonovitch (1987) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Yablonovitch, E. (1987). Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics. Physical Review Letters, 58(20), 2059-2062. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.58.2059

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