Flexible and tunable silicon photonic circuits on plastic substrates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Yu ^a   Li, Huan ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 84866056865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00622     Document Type: Article

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