Dispersion of nonlinearity and modulation instability in subwavelength semiconductor waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9345-9351

  Gorbach, A V ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Skryabin, D V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

DINGER EQUATION; HIGHER ORDER DISPERSION; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; LINEAR WAVES; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-LINEARITY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH WAVEGUIDES;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 79955825141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009345     Document Type: Article

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