Applications of two-photon processes in semiconductor photonic devices: Invited review

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hayat, Alex ^a   Nevet, Amir ^a   Ginzburg, Pavel ^a   Orenstein, Meir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; OPTICAL SIGNALS; QUANTUM APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC DEVICES; UNIQUE FEATURES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; PULSE GENERATORS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 80051958715     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/26/8/083001     Document Type: Review

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