Accurate Chromatic Dispersion Characterization of Photonic Integrated Circuits

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 825-831

  Mas, S ^a   Matres, J ^a   Marti, J ^a   Oton, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Silicon nanophotonics; waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008547805     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2199294     Document Type: Article

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