Light generation at the anomalous dispersion high energy range of a nonlinear opal film

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12210-12216

  Botey, Muriel ^a   Maymó, Marc ^b   Molinos Gómez, Alberto ^b,c   Dorado, Luis ^d   Depine, Ricardo A ^d   Lozano, Gabriel ^e   Mihi, Agustín ^e   Míguez, Hernán ^e   Martorell, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c SL   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Maturates   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

AMPLIFICATION EFFECTS; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; GROUP VELOCITY REDUCTION; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; PHOTONIC BAND STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; POLYSTYRENE SPHERES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

VELOCITY;

MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 67749122296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012210     Document Type: Article

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