Compact spectrometer based on a disordered photonic chip

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 746-751

  Redding, Brandon ^a   Liew, Seng Fatt ^a   Sarma, Raktim ^a   Cao, Hui ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DISORDERED MEDIA; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; MULTIPLE LIGHT SCATTERING; RANDOM STRUCTURES; SPECKLE PATTERNS; SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS;

SPECKLE;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84883461850     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.190     Document Type: Article

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