Optical diode using nonlinear polystyrene ring resonators in two-dimensional photonic crystal structure

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 8252-8257

  Sahoo, Pankaj K ^a   Joseph, Joby ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYSTYRENES; RESONATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; COUPLING WAVELENGTHS; ELECTRONIC DIODES; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; NONLINEAR RING RESONATORS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84889587439     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.008252     Document Type: Article

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