Broadband modulation of light by using an electro-optic polymer

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5597, 2002, Pages 1401-1403

  Lee, Mark ^a   Katz, Howard E ^a   Erben, Christoph ^a   Gill, Douglas M ^a   Gopalan, Padma ^a   Heber, Joerg D ^a   McGee, David J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; POLYMERS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

LIGHT;

POLYMER;

POLYMER; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037112083     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1077446     Document Type: Article

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