Design of highly efficient optical diodes based on the dynamics of nonlinear photonic crystal molecules

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2434-2440

  Zhao, Nian Shun ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Guo, Qi ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Yang, Xiang Bo ^a   Lan, Sheng ^a   Lin, Xu Sheng ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL DIODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (PC); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MOLECULES; TRANSMISSION CONTRAST;

PHYSICAL OPTICS;

EID: 33846023739     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002434     Document Type: Article

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