WDM-compatible mode-division multiplexing on a silicon chip

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Luo, Lian Wee ^a   Ophir, Noam ^b   Chen, Christine P ^b   Gabrielli, Lucas H ^a   Poitras, Carl B ^a   Bergmen, Keren ^b   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; SCALE EFFECT; SILICON; WAVELET;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOCHIP; NANOFABRICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84892740254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4069     Document Type: Article

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