Optical bistability and cutoff solitons in photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1518-1527

  Soljac̊ić, Marin ^a   Lidorikis, Elefterios ^a   Ibanescu, Mihai ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Fink, Yoel ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; SOLITONS;

CARRIER WAVELENGTH; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONIC BANDGAPS; PULSE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 3042646336     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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