Design and analysis of a phase modulator based on a metal-polymer-silicon hybrid plasmonic waveguide

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3428-3434

  Sun, Xiaomeng ^a   Zhou, Linjie ^a   Li, Xinwan ^a   Hong, Zehua ^a   Chen, Jianping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDES;

HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR; OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION; PARASITIC RESISTANCES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 79960265336     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.003428     Document Type: Article

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