Nonlinear response of silicon photonic crystal microresonators excited via an integrated waveguide and fiber taper

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 801-820

  Barclay, Paul E ^a   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SILICON; SWITCHES;

COUPLERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; MULTIPLEXERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 14844330709     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000801     Document Type: Article

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