Induced group and phase velocity changes by a cascaded quadratic nonlinear interaction within a one-dimensional photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2141-2147

  Cojocaru, Crina ^a   Martorell, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

NONLINEAR INTERACTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141787029     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002141     Document Type: Article

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