Characterization of slotted photonic crystal waveguide and its application in nonlinear optics

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 107-116

  Datta, Tanmoy ^a   Sen, Mrinal ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Photonic crystal; Slotted photonic crystal waveguide; Slow light; Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LIGHT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SLOW LIGHT; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPUTATION TIME; DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; ITS APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NORMALIZED FREQUENCIES; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERINGS (SRS);

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 85019964146     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2017.04.039     Document Type: Article

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