All-optical routing and switching for three-dimensional photonic circuitry

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Keil, Robert ^a   Heinrich, Matthias ^a   Dreisow, Felix ^a   Pertsch, Thomas ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^b   Szameit, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 81855214294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00094     Document Type: Article

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