Ultrafast optical tuning of a superprism effect in nonlinear photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1500-1508

  Panoiu, Nicolae C ^a   Bahl, Mayank ^a   Osgood Jr , Richard M ^a  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; PUMP BEAM; SUPERPRISM EFFECT; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODE; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL TUNING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 10044267793     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001500     Document Type: Article

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