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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 5, B1(2018)

All-optical switching in silicon photonic waveguides with an epsilon-near-zero resonant cavity [Invited]

Andres D. Neira, Gregory A. Wurtz^*, and Anatoly V. Zayats

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Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

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Special Issue: NONLINEAR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS

Received: Sep. 5, 2017

Accepted: Dec. 20, 2017

Published Online: Apr. 11, 2019

The Author Email: Gregory A. Wurtz (g.wurtz@unf.edu)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.0000B1

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