Static and dynamic wavelength routing via the gradient optical force

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 478-483

  Rosenberg, Jessie ^a   Lin, Qiang ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH ROUTING; DYNAMIC WAVELENGTH; INTRINSIC CHANNEL; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS; RADIATION PRESSURE; TUNING MECHANISM; WAVELENGTH ROUTING; WIDELY TUNABLE LASERS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 68749117722     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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