A Sub-wavelength Electro-optic Switch Based on Plasmonic T-Shaped Waveguide

Plasmonics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Mei, Xian ^a   Huang, Xu Guang ^a   Jin, Tao ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electro optic effect; Integrated optics devices; Plasmonic waveguides; Switch

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123771     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9242-3     Document Type: Article

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