Stopping light on a defect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1635-1652

  Goodman, Roy H ^a,b,c   Slusher, Richard E ^a   Weinstein, Michael I ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SOLITONS;

RESONANT TRANSFER;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0038330810     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001635     Document Type: Article

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