Cross-wavelength all-optical switching using nonlinearity of liquefying gallium

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Albanis, V ^a   Dhanjal, S ^a   Zheludev, N I ^a   Petropoulos, P ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

BROADBAND SPECTRA; LIQUEFYING GALLIUM; METALLIC PHASES; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0011057919     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000157     Document Type: Article

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