Towards a millivolt optical modulator with nano-slot waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8401-8410

  Hochberg, M ^a   Baehr Jones, T ^a   Wang, G ^a   Huang, J ^a   Sullivan, P ^b   Dalton, L ^b   Scherer, A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER CLADDING; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TUNING;

CONVENTIONAL GEOMETRIES; INDEX TUNING; ZEHNDER CONFIGURATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 34250815558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008401     Document Type: Article

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