Analytical study of optical bistability in silicon-waveguide resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 22124-22137

  Rukhlenko, Ivan D ^a   Premaratne, Malin ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; PHASE SHIFT; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

FABRY-PEROT RESONATORS; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; INPUT-OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; REVERSE-BIASED P-N JUNCTIONS; SILICON-AIR INTERFACE; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS; TRANSMITTED INTENSITIES;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

SILICON;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 72449156551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022124     Document Type: Article

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