All-optical switching and beam self-focusing in nonlinear singlemode Y-splitters

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-82

  Micallef, R W ^a   Kivshar, Y S ^a   Love, J D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical directional couplers; Photonic switching

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SWITCHING;

NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLER;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 0031546359     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970050     Document Type: Article

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