Ultra-low-loss optical delay line on a silicon chip

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lee, Hansuek ^a   Chen, Tong ^a   Li, Jiang ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84866683839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1876     Document Type: Article

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