Silicon photonic devices and platforms for the mid-infrared

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1205-1214

  Nedeljkovic, M ^a   Khokhar, A Z ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Chen, X ^a   Soler Penades, J ^a   Stankovic, S ^a   Chong, H M H ^a   Thomson, D J ^a   Gardes, F Y ^a   Reed, G T ^a   Mashanovich, G Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-INFRARED OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; MIDINFRARED; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE SPLITTERS; NEW RESULTS; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; SILICON PHOTONIC DEVICES; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SLOT WAVEGUIDE;

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 84884196480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001205     Document Type: Article

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