All-optical switch on a Silicon chip

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 96 A, Issue , 2004, Pages 1179-1181

  Almeida, Vilson R ^a   Barrios, Carlos A ^a   Panepucci, Roberto R ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Ouzounov, Dimitre G ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PULSE MODULATION; SILICON;

CONFINING MICROSTRUCTURES; LIGHT PULSES; OPTICAL SWITCHING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 33645317625     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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