Integration of gigahertz-bandwidth semiconductor devices inside microstructured optical fibres

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-179

  He, Rongrui ^a   Sazio, Pier J A ^b   Peacock, Anna C ^b   Healy, Noel ^b   Sparks, Justin R ^a   Krishnamurthi, Mahesh ^a   Gopalan, Venkatraman ^a   Badding, John V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857872911     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.352     Document Type: Article

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