Er-coupled Si nanocluster waveguide

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1607-1617

  Daldosso, Nicola ^a   Navarro Urrios, Daniel ^a   Melchiorri, Mirko ^a,b   García, Cristina ^c   Pellegrino, Paolo ^c   Garrido, Blas ^c   Sada, Cinzia ^d   Battaglin, Giancarlo ^e   Gourbilleau, Fabrice ^f   Rizk, Richard ^f   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Er amplifier; Si nanocluster; Silicon photonics; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ER AMPLIFIERS; SI NANOCLUSTERS; SILICON PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33845658140     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.885141     Document Type: Article

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