All-optical control of light on a silicon chip

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7012, 2004, Pages 1081-1084

  Almeida, Vilson R ^a   Barrios, Carlos A ^a   Panepucci, Roberta R ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTRONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; RESONANT STRUCTURES; SILICON CHIPS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

SILICON;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FLOW; LIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 6344247882     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02921     Document Type: Article

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