Nonlinear photonic crystal microdevices for optical integration

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 637-639

  Soljačić, Marin ^a   Luo, Chiyan ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTALS; INTEGRATION; TRANSISTORS;

OPTICAL INTEGRATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0037447309     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.000637     Document Type: Article

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