All-optical switching with a nonlinear chiral photonic bandgap structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-73

  Tran, P ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0033483257     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000070     Document Type: Article

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