Modulation of the propagation speed of mechanical waves in silicon quantum dots embedded in a silicon-nitride film

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4784-4789

  Torres Torres, C ^a   Lopez Suarez A ^b   Torres Martinez R ^c   Rodriguez, A ^b   Reyes Esqueda, J A ^b   Castaneda L ^d   Alonso, J C ^b   Oliver, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROSTRICTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTROSTRICTION EFFECTS; INCIDENT BEAMS; LASER EXPERIMENTS; NON-CONTACT TECHNIQUES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; PICOSECONDS; PROPAGATION SPEED; SELF-DIFFRACTION; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON-NITRIDE FILMS; THIRD ORDER;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84857349316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004784     Document Type: Article

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