Ultrafast nonlinear response of AlGaAs two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 851-853

  Bristow, A D ^a   Wells, J P R ^a   Fan, W H ^a   Fox, A M ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Whittaker, D M ^a   Tahraoui, A ^a,b   Krauss, T F ^b   Roberts, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0042879662     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1598647     Document Type: Article

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