Two-mode division multiplexing in a silicon-on-insulator ring resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 4547-4558

  Dorin, Bryce A ^a   Ye, Winnie N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84894784740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004547     Document Type: Article

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