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Photonics Research
Vol. 12, Issue 1, 51 (2024)

High-speed silicon photonic electro-optic Kerr modulation

Jonathan Peltier^{1、2、4、*}, Weiwei Zhang^3、5、*, Leopold Virot², Christian Lafforgue¹, Lucas Deniel¹, Delphine Marris-Morini¹, Guy Aubin¹, Farah Amar¹, Denh Tran³, Xingzhao Yan³, Callum G. Littlejohns³, Carlos Alonso-Ramos¹, Ke Li³, David J. Thomson³, Graham Reed³, and Laurent Vivien¹

Author Affiliations

¹University Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), Palaiseau 91120, France

²University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Grenoble 38000, France

³Optoelectronics Research Centre, Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

⁴e-mail: jonathan.peltier@c2n.upsaclay.fr

⁵e-mail: Weiwei.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

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Jonathan Peltier, Weiwei Zhang, Leopold Virot, Christian Lafforgue, Lucas Deniel, Delphine Marris-Morini, Guy Aubin, Farah Amar, Denh Tran, Xingzhao Yan, Callum G. Littlejohns, Carlos Alonso-Ramos, Ke Li, David J. Thomson, Graham Reed, Laurent Vivien. High-speed silicon photonic electro-optic Kerr modulation[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 51 Copy Citation Text

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Jonathan Peltier, Weiwei Zhang, Leopold Virot, Christian Lafforgue, Lucas Deniel, Delphine Marris-Morini, Guy Aubin, Farah Amar, Denh Tran, Xingzhao Yan, Callum G. Littlejohns, Carlos Alonso-Ramos, Ke Li, David J. Thomson, Graham Reed, Laurent Vivien. High-speed silicon photonic electro-optic Kerr modulation[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 51

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