Optical switching in nano-arrays: Transistor action through directed energy transfer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6195, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crisp, Richard G ^a   Andrews, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular nanostructures; Non linear optics; Optical computing; Optical transistor; Optoelectronic device; Resonant energy transfer

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RESONANCE;

LASER RADIATION; MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL TRANSISTORS; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33746675648     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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