Optical bistable operations in AlGaAs-based photonic crystal slab microcavity at telecommunication wavelengths

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1996-1998

  Tanaka, Yu ^a   Kawashima, Hitoshi ^b   Ikeda, Naoki ^b   Sugimoto, Yoshimasa ^b   Kuwatsuka, Haruhiko ^a   Hasama, Toshihumi ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microcavity; Optical bistability; Photonic crystal (PC)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

MICROCAVITY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 33749021390     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.882305     Document Type: Article

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