Silicon photonics technology: Past, present and future

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5730, Issue , 2005, Pages 19-28

  Soref, Richard ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Lasers; Modulators; Optoelectronics; Photonic crystal; Plasmons; SiGe; Silicon; THz; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMONS; SIGE; THZ;

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON;

EID: 21844437326     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.585284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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