Linear and nonlinear optical properties of highly transmissive one-dimensional metal-organic photonic bandgap structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7049, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fuentes Hernandez, Canek ^a   Padilha, Lazaro A ^b   Owens, Daniel ^a   Tseng, Shuo Yen ^a   Webster, Scott ^b   Cho, Jian Yang ^c   Hagan, David J ^b   Van Stryland, Eric W ^b   Marder, Seth R ^c   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal organic photonic band gaps; Noble metals; Nonlinear optical properties

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COPPER; ENERGY GAP; METALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONICS; PRECIOUS METALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CU LAYERS; FS PULSES; NLO RESPONSES; NOBLE METALS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL BAND GAPS;

EID: 55549096748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.797089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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