Plasmonic enhancement of the third order nonlinear optical phenomena: Figures of merit

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27460-27480

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a   Sun, Greg ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LENGTH; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; FIGURE OF MERITS; FIGURES OF MERITS; NONLINEAR INDEX; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84887428149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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