• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, 373 (2018)
Kapil Debnath1、*, David J. Thomson1, Weiwei Zhang1, Ali Z. Khokhar1, Callum Littlejohns1, James Byers2, Lorenzo Mastronardi1, Muhammad K. Husain2, Kouta Ibukuro2, Frederic Y. Gardes1, Graham T. Reed1, and Shinichi Saito2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
  • 2Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
  • 3e-mail: S.Saito@soton.ac.uk
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    Kapil Debnath, David J. Thomson, Weiwei Zhang, Ali Z. Khokhar, Callum Littlejohns, James Byers, Lorenzo Mastronardi, Muhammad K. Husain, Kouta Ibukuro, Frederic Y. Gardes, Graham T. Reed, Shinichi Saito. All-silicon carrier accumulation modulator based on a lateral metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 373 Copy Citation Text show less
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