Nonlinear transmission and light localization in photonic-crystal waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2241-2249

  Mingaleev, Sergei F ^a,b   Kivshar, Yuri S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVEGUIDES;

DISCRETE EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0000853701     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002241     Document Type: Article

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