Limitations on nonlinear pulse propagation in coupled-resonator slow-light waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3922-3930

  Govindan, V ^a   Blair, S ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISTORTION (WAVES); LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

COUPLED RESONATORS; NONLINEAR PULSE PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR RESPONSE; PULSE DISTORTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34147128112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003922     Document Type: Article

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