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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1904(2020)

Nonlinear silicon photonics on CMOS-compatible tellurium oxide

Neetesh Singh1,2、*, Hamidu M. Mbonde3, Henry C. Frankis3, Erich Ippen2, Jonathan D. B. Bradley3,4, and Franz X. Kärtner1
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  • 1Centre for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL)-DESY and University of Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
  • 2Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 3Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L7, Canada
  • 4e-mail: jbradley@mcmaster.ca
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    Neetesh Singh, Hamidu M. Mbonde, Henry C. Frankis, Erich Ippen, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, Franz X. Kärtner. Nonlinear silicon photonics on CMOS-compatible tellurium oxide[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1904

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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Jun. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 18, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Neetesh Singh (neeteshs@mit.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.400057

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