Ultracompact (3 μm) silicon slow-light optical modulator

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Opheij, Aron ^a   Rotenberg, Nir ^a   Beggs, Daryl M ^a,d   Rey, Isabella H ^b   Krauss, Thomas F ^b,c   Kuipers, L ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922824616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03546     Document Type: Article

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