Distributed and localized feedback in microresonator sequences for linear and nonlinear optics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1818-1832

  Heebner, John E ^a   Chak, Philip ^b   Pereira, Suresh ^c   Sipe, John E ^b   Boyd, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DISPERSION (WAVES); ENERGY GAP; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROOPTICS; MULTILAYERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONS;

COUPLED MICRORESONATORS; LINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTICAL MICRORESONATOR; PHOTONIC BANDGAPS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 10044253345     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001818     Document Type: Article

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