Switching characteristics of an InP photonic crystal nanocavity: Experiment and theory

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 31047-31061

  Yu, Yi ^a   Palushani, Evarist ^a   Heuck, Mikkel ^a   Kuznetsova, Nadezda ^a   Kristensen, Philip Trøst ^a   Ek, Sara ^a   Vukovic, Dragana ^a   Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo ^a   Combrié, Sylvain ^a   De Rossi, Alfredo ^b   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Mørk, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; CARRIER-RELAXATION PROCESS; PARAMETERS CHARACTERIZING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITY; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84890544552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.031047     Document Type: Article

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