Propagation of ultrashort nonlinear pulses through two-dimensional AlGaAs high-contrast photonic crystal waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 716-721

  Rahn, Mark D ^a   Fox, A Mark ^a   Skolnick, Maurice S ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0012269092     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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