Organic photonics for communications

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Clark, Jenny ^a,b   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY PUMPED LASERS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION CARRIERS; INFORMATION DENSITY; ORGANIC PHOTONICS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; POLYMER PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL MODULATION;

HYBRID SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PUMPING (LASER);

ORGANIC LASERS;

EID: 77954391868     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.160     Document Type: Review

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