Fast-light based pulse compression in 2-D photonic crystal waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2590-2598

  Cao, Tun ^a,b   Cryan, Martin J ^a   Ho, Ying Lung Daniel ^a   Craddock, Ian J ^a   Railton, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photonic crystals (PhCs); Pulse compression; Waveguide dispersion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSE COMPRESSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CHIRPED-PULSE PROPAGATION; GROUP DELAY (GD); MINI-STOPBAND (MSB); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548652028     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.903825     Document Type: Article

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