Graphene photodetectors for high-speed optical communications

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Mueller, Thomas ^a,b   Xia, Fengnian ^a   Avouris, Phaedon ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC-FIELD PROFILES; GRAPHENE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL DATA LINKS; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; SILICON WAFERS; WAVELENGTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77951835400     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.40     Document Type: Article

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