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Thermo-mechanically tunable bragg grating filters on silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide bridges

Raum, 2010

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Raum C
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This thesis explores the integration of an optical device within a micromechanical structure to enhance its performance and enable behaviour it would otherwise be incapable of. Thermo-mechanically tunable Bragg grating filters on silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide …
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