Stress induced effects for advanced polarization control in silicon photonics components

Advances in Optical Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xu, D X ^a   Ye, W N ^b   Janz, S ^a   Delage A ^a   Cheben, P ^a   Lamontagne, B ^a   Post, E ^a   Waldron, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80052339211     PISSN: 16876393     EISSN: 16876407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/689715     Document Type: Review

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