Third-order nonlinear influence on the specular reflectivity of two-dimensional waveguide-based photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2224-2231

  Banaee, M G ^a   Cowan, A R ^a   Young, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; TEXTURES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0041355666     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002224     Document Type: Article

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