Picosecond all-optical switching in hydrogenated amorphous silicon microring resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3797-3810

  Pelc, Jason S ^a   Rivoire, Kelley ^a   Vo, Sonny ^a   Santori, Charles ^a   Fattal, David A ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 84894822336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003797     Document Type: Article

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