Compact and fast photonic crystal silicon optical modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22465-22474

  Nguyen, Hong C ^a   Hashimoto, Satoshi ^a   Shinkawa, Mizuki ^a   Baba, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS;

10 GB/ S; 40 GB/S; GROUP INDEX; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPERATING BANDWIDTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SPECTRAL NOISE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84866636052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022465     Document Type: Article

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