Chalcogenide photonics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^b   Richardson, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AMRL   (United States)

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EID: 79952151630     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.309     Document Type: Review

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