Nanosilicon photonics

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-534

  Daldosso, Nicola ^a   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanosilicon; Non linear properties; Optical amplification; Photonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350544003     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810045     Document Type: Review

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