Optical bistability in periodic media with third-, fifth-, and seventh-order nonlinearities

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 875-882

  Yosia, ^a   Shum, Ping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Nonlinear switching; Nonlinear wave propagating in periodic media; Optical bistability

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

DOUBLE HYSTERESIS; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; PERIODIC MEDIA;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 34247096168     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.890455     Document Type: Article

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