A graphene-based broadband optical modulator

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7349, 2011, Pages 64-67

  Liu, Ming ^a   Yin, Xiaobo ^a   Ulin Avila, Erick ^a   Geng, Baisong ^a   Zentgraf, Thomas ^a   Ju, Long ^a   Wang, Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; GERMANIUM; SILICON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; LAB ON A CHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 79957930554     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10067     Document Type: Article

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