Chemically etched ultrahigh-Q wedge-resonator on a silicon chip

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-373

  Lee, Hansuek ^a   Chen, Tong ^a   Li, Jiang ^a   Yang, Ki Youl ^a   Jeon, Seokmin ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 84861668621     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.109     Document Type: Article

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