Slow light with photonic crystals for on-chip optical interconnects

Advances in Optical Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Sean P ^a   Shroff, Ashutosh R ^a   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

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EID: 77950261954     PISSN: 16876393     EISSN: 16876407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/293531     Document Type: Review

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