Monolithic nonlinear pulse compressor on a silicon chip

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Tan, Dawn T H ^a   Sun, Pang C ^a   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOCHIP; COMPRESSION; DISPERSION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; MODULATION; MONOLITHIC NONLINEAR PULSE COMPRESSOR; OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 78650110941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1113     Document Type: Article

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