An ultralow power athermal silicon modulator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Timurdogan, Erman ^a   Sorace Agaskar, Cheryl M ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Shah Hosseini, Ehsan ^a   Biberman, Aleksandr ^a   Watts, Michael R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; ELECTRIC FIELD; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTION INDEX; THERMAL TIME; ULTRALOW POWER ATHERMAL SILICON MODULATOR;

EID: 84902336666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5008     Document Type: Article

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