Ultra high bandwidth WDM using silicon microring modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16858-16867

  Manipatruni, Sasikanth ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; NANOPHOTONICS;

DEVICE SPEED; MICRORING MODULATOR; MICRORINGS; MODULATION CAPABILITY; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; ULTRA-HIGH BANDWIDTH;

MODULATORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77955644273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016858     Document Type: Article

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