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Ultrahigh Density Array of Vertically Aligned Small-molecular Organic Nanowires on Arbitrary Substrates
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Group velocity inversion in AlGaAs nanowires

J Meier, W S Mohammed, A Jugessur

    Optics Express
    |June 25, 2009
    PubMed
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    Submicron aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) waveguides exhibit unique dispersion characteristics due to tight optical confinement. These nanowires demonstrate negative group velocity dispersion (GVD) for TE modes within specific width ranges, confirmed by experiments.

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