Strain-induced enhancement of plasma dispersion effect and free-carrier absorption in SiGe optical modulators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Younghyun ^a   Takenaka, Mitsuru ^a   Osada, Takenori ^b   Hata, Masahiko ^b   Takagi, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 84923286516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04683     Document Type: Article

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