Optical bistability and all-optical switching in novel waveguide junctions with localized optical nonlinearity

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-840

  Murata, H ^a   Izutsu, M ^b   Sueta, T ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

All optical switching; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear wave propagation; Optical bistability; Optical waveguides; Waveguide junctions

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCHING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032073964     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.669014     Document Type: Article

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