Characterization and Optimization of Photonic Crystal Optical Power Limiters

Igor Guryev; Igor Sukhoivanov; E. Alvarado Mendez; José Andrade Lucio

doi:10.4236/jemaa.2011.36034

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Characterization and Optimization of Photonic Crystal Optical Power Limiters ()

Igor Guryev, Igor Sukhoivanov, E. Alvarado Mendez, José Andrade Lucio

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2011.36034 PDF HTML 4,614 Downloads 7,970 Views Citations

Abstract

In the work, there have been investigated the optical power limiting effects which occur in the nonlinear photonic crys-tals possessing saturable Kerr nonlinearity. The method is proposed which allows exact determination of the parame-ters of the structure as well as the radiation parameters which provide the limiting effect.

Keywords

Nonlinear Photonic Crystal, Optical Power Limiter, Kerr Nonlinearity

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I. Guryev, I. Sukhoivanov, E. Mendez and J. Lucio, "Characterization and Optimization of Photonic Crystal Optical Power Limiters," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2011, pp. 208-212. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2011.36034.

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