Energy harvesting in silicon optical modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10795-10799

  Fathpour, Sasan ^a   Jalali, Bahram ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

OPTICAL POWER; PHOTON ABSORPTION; SILICON OPTICAL MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 33750736630     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010795     Document Type: Article

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