Second-harmonic generation in reflection and diffraction by a GaAs photonic-crystal waveguide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2122-2128

  Malvezzi, Andrea Marco ^a   Cattaneo, Francesco ^a   Vecchi, Gabriele ^a   Falasconi, Matteo ^a   Guizzetti, Giorgio ^a   Andreani, Lucio Claudio ^a   Romanato, Filippo ^b   Businaro, Luca ^b   Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^b   Passaseo, Adriana ^c   De Vittorio, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0013057051     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002122     Document Type: Article

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