Silicon photonics: a bright future?

Electronics Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 582-584

  Paul, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET PLACE; NEW APPLICATIONS; SI PHOTONICS; SILICON PHOTONICS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 67149139431     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2009.1271     Document Type: Article

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