Wideband ultralow high-order-dispersion photonic crystal slow-light waveguide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1622-1626

  Dai, Lei ^a   Li, Tong ^a   Jiang, Chun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SLOW LIGHT; WAVEGUIDES;

AIR HOLES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; GAUSSIAN PULSE; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGH-ORDER DISPERSION; LINE DEFECT WAVEGUIDE; LINE DEFECTS; PHOTONIC BANDS; PULSE BROADENING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WIDE BANDWIDTH; WIDE-BAND;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79960008928     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001622     Document Type: Article

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