Theoretical analysis of pulse dynamics in silicon photonic crystal wire waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-266

  Panoiu, Nicolae C ^a   McMillan, James F ^b   Wong, Chee Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled mode analysis; Nonlinear wave propagation; Photonic bandgap materials

Indexed keywords

COUPLED-MODE ANALYSIS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; GROUP VELOCITIES; GUIDING STRUCTURES; KERR NONLINEARITY; LINE DEFECTS; LINEAR OPTICAL; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PULSE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP MATERIALS; PULSE DYNAMICS; SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; WIRE WAVE GUIDES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ENERGY GAP; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SLOW LIGHT; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EID: 76949099426     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2025392     Document Type: Article

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