Large group-index bandwidth product empty core slow light photonic crystal waveguides for hybrid silicon photonics

Charles CAER; Xavier LE ROUX; Samuel SERNA; Weiwei ZHANG; Laurent VIVIEN; Eric CASSAN

doi:10.1007/s12200-013-0384-0

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