Propagation and second-harmonic generation of electromagnetic waves in a coupled-resonator optical waveguide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-400

  Xu, Youg ^a   Lee, Reginald K ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0034389924     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000387     Document Type: Article

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