All-optical logic gates based on two-dimensional low-refractive-index nonlinear photonic crystal slabs

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1945-1953

  Liu, Ye ^a,b   Qin, Fei ^a   Meng, Zi Ming ^a   Zhou, Fei ^a   Mao, Qing He ^b   Li, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYMER FILMS; PUMPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; NOR GATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; THEORETICAL DESIGN; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; ULTRA-FAST;

SILVER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79851498702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001945     Document Type: Article

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