Modeling nonlinear optical phenomena in nanophotonics

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2539-2546

  Bravo Abad, Jorge ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^b   Johnson, Steven G ^c   Joannopoulos, John D ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory (CMT); Nonlinear nanophotonics; Perturbation theory

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

COUPLED-MODE THEORY (CMT); NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NONLINEAR NANOPHOTONICS; PERTURBATION THEORY;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 34548658513     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.903547     Document Type: Article

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