Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7040, 2005, Pages 325-327

  Xu, Qianfan ^a   Schmidt, Bradley ^a   Pradhan, Sameer ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EMISSION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON;

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; METAL INTERCONNECTIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC INTEGRATIONS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

SILICON;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MODULATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 19744378261     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03569     Document Type: Article

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