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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 5, 373(2018)

All-silicon carrier accumulation modulator based on a lateral metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor

Kapil Debnath1、*, David J. Thomson1, Weiwei Zhang1, Ali Z. Khokhar1, Callum Littlejohns1, James Byers2, Lorenzo Mastronardi1, Muhammad K. Husain2, Kouta Ibukuro2, Frederic Y. Gardes1, Graham T. Reed1, and Shinichi Saito2,3
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  • 1Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
  • 2Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
  • 3e-mail: S.Saito@soton.ac.uk
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    Kapil Debnath, David J. Thomson, Weiwei Zhang, Ali Z. Khokhar, Callum Littlejohns, James Byers, Lorenzo Mastronardi, Muhammad K. Husain, Kouta Ibukuro, Frederic Y. Gardes, Graham T. Reed, Shinichi Saito, "All-silicon carrier accumulation modulator based on a lateral metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor," Photonics Res. 6, 373 (2018)

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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Dec. 20, 2017

    Accepted: Feb. 10, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

    The Author Email: Kapil Debnath (K.Debnath@soton.ac.uk)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000373

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