High-performance silicon-nitride-based multiple-wavelength source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1375-1377

  Levy, Jacob S ^a   Saha, Kasturi ^a   Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^a   Foster, Mark A ^b   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a,c   Lipson, Michal ^a,c  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; nonlinear optical devices; silicon nitride; wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; FREQUENCY COMBS; FULLY INTEGRATED; LOW NOISE; MICRORING RESONATOR; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; ON CHIPS; OPEN EYE DIAGRAMS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; POWER PENALTY; SILICON-BASED; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 84864243263     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2204245     Document Type: Article

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