An upconverted photonic nonvolatile memory

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Ye ^a   Han, Su Ting ^a   Chen, Xian ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Tang, Yong Bing ^b   Roy, V A L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL;

DATA MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PARTICLE MOTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; LIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTONIC FLASH MEMORY DEVICE;

EID: 84907322506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5720     Document Type: Article

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