Maximally confined silicon microphotonic modulators and switches

Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 457-458

  Watts, Michael R ^a   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Young, Ralph W ^a   Lentine, Anthony L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BANDPASS; DATA RATES; P-N JUNCTIONS; POWER CONSUMPTIONS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 58049155006     PISSN: 10928081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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