Purcell effect in nonlinear photonic structures: A coupled mode theory analysis

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12523-12527

  Hamam, Rafif E ^a   Ibanescu, Mihai ^a   Reed, Evan J ^a,b   Bermel, Peter ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Ippen, Erich ^a   Joannopoulos, J D ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; PURCELL EFFECT; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 50049121904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012523     Document Type: Article

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