Symmetry breaking in networks of nonlinear caviti

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 708-713

  Morthier, Geert ^a   Maes, Bjorn ^a   Huybrechts, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ALL-OPTICAL FLIP-FLOPS; ANALYTICAL CONDITIONS; COUPLED MODE THEORY; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; MULTISTABLE; NONLINEAR CAVITIES; SWITCHING ACTION; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TIME-DOMAIN CALCULATIONS;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 77955695365     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000708     Document Type: Article

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