Plasmonic enhanced electro-optic stub modulator on a SOI platform

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Thomas, Roney ^a   Ikonic, Zoran ^a   Kelsall, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND SIMULATION; ELECTRO-OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOLVERS; ELECTROOPTIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT; MATRIX; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH; PLASMONIC; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; QUALITY FACTORS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SI QUANTUM DOT; SILICON ON INSULATOR; TM MODES;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNGSTEN; WAVEGUIDES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 79952194844     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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