Optical limiting and switching of short pulses by use of a nonlinear photonic bandgap structure with a defect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2589-2595

  Tran, P ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NONLINEAR QUARTER WAVE REFLECTOR; OPTICAL LIMITERS; OPTICAL SWITCHING;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031245210     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002589     Document Type: Article

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