Electro-optic modulation in horizontally slotted silicon/organic crystal hybrid devices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2291-2300

  Figi, Harry ^a,c   Bale, Denise H ^a   Szep, Attila ^b   Dalton, Larry R ^a   Chen, Antao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

DIPOLE ORIENTATION; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATION; HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE; HYBRID DEVICES; LONG TERM STABILITY; PHASE MODULATOR; PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY; SILICON LAYER; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; SLOTTED WAVEGUIDES; THERMALLY GROWN OXIDE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 80052321454     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002291     Document Type: Article

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