Ultralow-power all-optical processing of highspeed data signals in deposited silicon waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 24600-24606

  Wang, Ke Yao ^a   Petrillo, Keith G ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Foster, Amy C ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; HIGH-SPEED DATA; LOW TEMPERATURES; MULTI-LAYER INTEGRATION; PEAK POWER; PHOTONIC CHIPS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

DEPOSITS;

EID: 84868260192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.024600     Document Type: Article

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