PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES Compressing slow solitons

被引:5
作者
Skryabin, Dmitry V. [1 ]
Knight, Jonathan C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bath, Ctr Photon & Photon Mat, Dept Phys, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
关键词
SILICON; SUPERCONTINUUM;
D O I
10.1038/nphoton.2010.270
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Time-domain measurements have confirmed the existence and compression of optical solitons in nanoscale planar photonic crystal waveguides, giving hope for the future prospects of on-chip nonlinear optical circuits.
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页码:806 / 807
页数:2
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