Design of an ultra-fast all-optical dark soliton switch in a nonlinear directional coupler (NLDC) made of chalcogenide glasses

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1010-1017

  Zakery, A ^a   Hatami, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; DARK CURRENTS; GLASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOLITONS;

CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES; NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER (NLDC); TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION (2PA); VELOCITY DISPERSION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33947644157     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/4/014     Document Type: Article

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