Group velocity inversion in AlGaAs nanowires

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12755-12762

  Meier, J ^a   Mohammed, W S ^a   Jugessur, A ^a   Qian, L ^a   Mojahedi, M ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; GROUP VELOCITY INVERSION; OPTICAL WAVES; WAVEGUIDE WIDTH;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 35148816022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012755     Document Type: Article

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