Low-voltage differentially-signaled modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26017-26026

  Zortman, William A ^a,b   Lentine, Anthony L ^a   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Watts, Michael R ^a,c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN COMPUTING; RESONATORS;

DESIGN SPACES; EXASCALE COMPUTING; EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPTICAL SOLUTIONS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SILICON RESONATORS; VOLTAGE AMPLITUDE;

MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84555223671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026017     Document Type: Article

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