Ultrafast band-edge tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal via free-carrier injection

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1611021-1611024

  Leonard, S W ^a,c   Van Driel, H M ^a   Schilling, J ^b   Wehrspohn, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c Novx Systems Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTION INDEX; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037110013     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.161102     Document Type: Article

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