Flat and low dispersion in highly nonlinear slot waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 13187-13193

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Yue, Yang ^a   Xiao Li, Yinying ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^b   Willner, Alan E ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS;

CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; FIGURE OF MERIT; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; STRIP WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77953591826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013187     Document Type: Article

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