Enhanced nonlinear optics in photonic-crystal microcavities

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 16161-16176

  Bravo Abad, Jorge ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Bermel, Peter ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Joannopoulos, John D ^a   Soljačič, Marin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; OPERATION POWERS; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL MICROCAVITIES;

MICROCAVITIES;

EID: 36749041272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.016161     Document Type: Article

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