Bragg localized structures in a passive cavity with transverse modulation of the refractive index and the pump

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Vladimirov, A G ^a   Skryabin, D V ^b   Kozyreff, G ^c   Mandel, Paul ^c   Tlidi, M ^c  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COHERENT LIGHT; CRYSTALS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BRAGG LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; INTRA-BAND STRUCTURES; PASSIVE CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 30344454987     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000001     Document Type: Article

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