Supercontinuum generation in silicon photonics platforms

Christian Lafforgue; Miguel Montesinos-Ballester; Thi-Thuy-Duong Dinh; Xavier Le Roux; Eric Cassan; Delphine Marris-Morini; Carlos Alonso-Ramos; Laurent Vivien

doi:10.1364/PRJ.445304

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