Propagation of self-collimated ultrashort pulses in a hybrid photonic crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 15705-15710

  Chung, K B ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CENTER FREQUENCY; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; GAUSSIAN PULSE; GROUP VELOCITIES; HYBRID PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; LONG DISTANCES; PULSE SHAPES; THIRD ORDER DISPERSION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 80051769306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015705     Document Type: Article

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