High-throughput silicon nanophotonic wavelength-insensitive switch for on-chip optical networks

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-246

  Vlasov, Yurii ^a   Green, William M J ^a   Xia, Fengnian ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT REPLACEMENTS; ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS; GERMANIUM WAVEGUIDE PHOTODETECTORS; ON-CHIP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL CHANNELS; SILICON MICRORING RESONATORS; SILICON NANOPHOTONICS; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

NANOPHOTONICS;

SILICON;

EID: 41549156886     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.31     Document Type: Article

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