Hybrid microspheres for nonlinear Kerr switching devices

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9523-9528

  Razdolskiy, Ilya ^a   Berneschi, Simone ^b,c   Conti, Gualtiero Nunzi ^b   Pelli, Stefano ^b   Murzina, Tatyana V ^a   Righini, Giancarlo C ^b   Soria, Silvia ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INFRARED DEVICES; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PUMPS; SILICA;

ELECTRONIC KERR EFFECT; HYBRID MICROSPHERES; MICROSPHERICAL RESONATORS; NEAR INFRARED; NON-LINEAR; POLYFLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PUMP POWER; SWITCHING DEVICES; TEMPORAL DRIFTS; THERMO-OPTICAL EFFECTS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 79955859100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009523     Document Type: Article

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