Nonlinear silicon photonics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 535-544

  Leuthold, J ^a   Koos, C ^a   Freude, W ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR SILICON PHOTONICS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONICS; SILICON;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 77955178826     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.185     Document Type: Review

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