All-optical switching in a high-Q Fabry-Perot cavity filled with a quadratic material

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1188-1196

  D'Aguanno, G ^a,b   Angelillo, E ^a   Sibilia, C ^a   Scalora, M ^b   Bertolotti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b U S ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SHIFT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

QUADRATIC MATERIALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034410992     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001188     Document Type: Article

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