Photonic-crystal slow-light enhancement of nonlinear phase sensitivity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2052-2059

  Soljačić, Marin ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^b   Ibanescu, Mihai ^a   Ippen, Erich ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHASE SENSITIVITY;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0141787053     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002052     Document Type: Article

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