Compact optical modulator in Si photonic crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8630, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Baba, T ^a   Nguyen, Hong C ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

LASER OPTICS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84879090428     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2009447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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