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Mario Paniccia, director of Intel’s Photonics Technology Lab, describes the company’s new silicon-based avalanche photodetector and explains the technical challenges involved in making it.
Mario Paniccia, director of Intel’s Photonics Technology Lab, describes the company’s new silicon-based avalanche photodetector and explains the technical challenges involved in making it.
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