Ultrafast band-edge tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal via free-carrier injection

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Leonard, S W ^a   van Driel, H M ^a   Schilling, J ^b   Wehrspohn, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 70749143748     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.161102     Document Type: Article

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