The influence of single-photon absorption on the performance of the two-photon waveguide autocorrelator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 933-937

  Karkhanehchi, Mohammad M ^b,d,e,f   Barrow, David A ^b,c,d,g,h   Bryce, A Catrina ^a,b,d,g   Hamilton, Craig J ^b,d,i   Marsh, John H ^{a,b,d,j,k,l,m,n,o,p}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SHARP LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Razi University ^*

^e RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^h Sharp Laboratories of Europe   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^m Inst of Elec Engineers Prof Group

ⁿ NATO Adv Stud Inst Waveguide O   (United Kingdom)

^o Royal Society of Arts   (United Kingdom)

^p Brit Association for Crystal Growth

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOCURRENT TECHNIQUES; TWO PHOTON WAVEGUIDE AUTOCORRELATOR;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031163597     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.585479     Document Type: Article

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