Nonlinear silicon-on-insulator waveguides for all-optical signal processing

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5976-5990

  Koos, C ^a   Jacome, L ^a   Poulton, C ^a   Leuthold, J ^a   Freude, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR FIBERS; NONLINEAR PARAMETERS; NONRESONANT COMPACT DEVICES; SLOT WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34248577386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005976     Document Type: Article

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