Nonlinear finite-difference time-domain method for the simulation of anisotropic, χ(2), and χ(3) optical effects

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 624-633

  Reinke, Charles M ^a,b   Jafarpour, Aliakbar ^b   Momeni, Babak ^a,b   Soltani, Mohammad ^b   Khorasani, Sina ^b   Adibi, Ali ^a,b   Xu, Yong ^c   Lee, Reginald K ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain; Nonlinear optics; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; NONLINEAR EFFECTS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARMONIC GENERATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33751357763     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.859835     Document Type: Article

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