Nonlinear trimer resonators for compact ultrafast switching

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23204-23212

  Yamaguchi, Kenzo ^a,b   Fujii, Masamitsu ^c   Haraguchi, Masanobu ^b   Okamoto, Toshihiro ^b   Fukui, Masuo ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c TOBA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF MARITIME TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OLIGOMERS; RESONATORS; SILICA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

DIRECTIONAL SWITCHING; KERR-NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; REALISTIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SWITCHING PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; ULTRAFAST SWITCHING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 72049122978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023204     Document Type: Article

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