Nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor-doped sol-gel waveguides

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-56

  Fick, J ^a   Martucci, A ^b   Guglielmi, M ^b   Schell, J ^c  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing scattering; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Quantum dots; Semiconductor; Sol gel; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; WAVEGUIDES;

FOUR WAVE MIXING SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033656674     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014680300244503     Document Type: Article

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