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IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Optical bistability in nonlinear photonic crystal systems

Marin Soljacic A, Elefterios Lidorikis, Mihai Ibanescu A, Steven G. Johnson, Shanhui Fan, Chiyan Luo, L. Fink, John D. Joannopoulos

Published Jun 3, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

Using an analytical theory and detailed computational experiments, we predict surprising optical bistability behavior in various photonic crystal systems.
DOI
10.1109/leosst.2003.1224256

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