CMOS-compatible integrated optical hyper-parametric oscillator

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Razzari, L ^a,b   Duchesne, D ^a   Ferrera, M ^a   Morandotti, R ^a   Chu, S ^c   Little, B E ^c   Moss, D J ^a,d  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECOND PHYSICS; CMOS COMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLABLE RANGES; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; DIFFERENTIAL SLOPE; MICRORING RESONATOR; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING; OSCILLATING MODES;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SILICA;

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 73549087405     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.236     Document Type: Article

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