Sub-optical wavelength acoustic wave modulation of integrated photonic resonators at microwave frequencies

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tadesse, Semere Ayalew ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ALUMINUM COMPOUND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; TRANSDUCER; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84923308476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6402     Document Type: Article

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