Optical bistability and pulsating behaviour in Silicon-On-Insulator ring resonator structures

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9623-9628

  Priem, G ^a   Dumon, P ^a   Bogaerts, W ^a   Van Thourhout, D ^a   Morthier, G ^a   Baets, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SWITCHING;

NONLINEAR CONTRIBUTIONS; RING RESONATORS; THERMAL RELAXATION;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 27744470491     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009623     Document Type: Article

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