Low phase noise hybrid silicon mode-locked lasers

Sudharsanan SRINIVASAN; Michael DAVENPORT; Martijn J. R. HECK; John HUTCHINSON; Erik NORBERG; Gregory FISH; John BOWERS

doi:10.1007/s12200-014-0420-8

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