Optical Signal Processing Using Nonlinear Distributed Feedback Structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 550-555

  Brzozowski, Lukasz ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by periodic structures; Optical limiters; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical signal processing; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000283488     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.842096     Document Type: Article

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