Self-switching of solitons in an AlGaAs nanowire coupler

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 5067-5071

  Sarma, Amarendra K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR LOSS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; SELF STEEPENING EFFECT; SELF-SWITCHING; SOLITON SWITCHING; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOWIRES;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOTUBE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENICALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GALLIUM; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 70349508950     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.005067     Document Type: Article

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