Gap-soliton switching in short microresonator structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2191-2202

  Pereira, Suresh ^a   Chak, Philip ^a   Sipe, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MICRORESONATOR STRUCTURES;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0011211753     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002191     Document Type: Article

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