Optically pumped Si nanocrystal emitter integrated with low loss silicon nitride waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14679-14688

  Milgram, J N ^a   Wojcik, J ^a   Mascher, P ^a   Knights, A P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EVANESCENT SENSING; MATERIAL ABSORPTION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 35949001345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014679     Document Type: Article

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