Strong Dispersive and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Microresonator-Modified Optical Waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4969, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-194

  Heebner, John E ^a   Boyd, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial materials; Microresonators; Nonlinear optics; Photonics; Resonators; Ring resonators; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SENSORS;

RING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0242410874     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.499288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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