Nonlinear optical properties of integrated GeSbS chalcogenide waveguides

Samuel Serna; Hongtao Lin; Carlos Alonso-Ramos; Anupama Yadav; Xavier Le Roux; Kathleen Richardson; Eric Cassan; Nicolas Dubreuil; Juejun Hu; Laurent Vivien

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000B37

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