Highly nonlinear chalcogenide glasses for all-optical switching

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5061, Issue , 2002, Pages 143-148

  Harbold, J M ^a   Ilday, F O ^a   Wise, F W ^a   Sanghera, J S ^b   Aggarwal, I D ^b   Aitken, B G ^c  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Science and Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FUSED SILICA; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FEMTOSECOND MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES; NONLINEAR RESPONSE;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 1342311924     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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