All-optical switching structure based on a photonic crystal directional coupler

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Cuesta Soto, F ^a   Martinez A ^a   Garcia J ^a   Ramos, F ^a   Sanchis, P ^a   Blasco, J ^a   Marti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTALS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LOW OPTICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; OPTICAL CONTROL SIGNALS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 2942729808     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000161     Document Type: Article

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