Photonic bandgap structures in planar nonlinear waveguides: Application to squeezed-light generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 671-680

  Tricca, D ^a   Sibilia, C ^a   Severini, S ^a   Bertolotti, M ^a   Scalora, M ^b   Bowden, C M ^b   Sakoda, K ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR GRATING; PHASE SQUEEZING; PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES; PLANAR NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDES; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE SQUEEZING; RESONANCE SPECTRUM; SQUEEZED LIGHT GENERATION; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 10044259881     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000671     Document Type: Article

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