A study of dynamic modulation and buffer capability in low dispersion photonic crystal waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1139-1143

  Long, Fang ^a   Tian, Huiping ^a   Ji, Yuefeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer capability; Dynamic modulation; Group velocity dispersion; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BUFFER CAPABILITY; CENTER WAVELENGTH; DELAY TIME; DISPERSION ENGINEERING; DYNAMIC MODULATION; GROUP VELOCITIES; MODULATION SENSITIVITY; NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL BUFFERING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; STORAGE CAPACITY;

DISPERSIONS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT VELOCITY; MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77949904753     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2040708     Document Type: Article

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