All-optical logic gates based on nonlinear slot-waveguide couplers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 684-691

  Fujisawa, Takeshi ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LOGIC GATES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL DESIGN; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHES; NONLINEAR CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; NONLINEAR SLOT-WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33744792291     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000684     Document Type: Article

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