Nanoscale electro-optic modulators based on graphene-slot waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1490-1496

  Lu, Zhaolin ^a   Zhao, Wangshi ^a  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATION; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; GATE VOLTAGES; LIGHT WAVELENGTHS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MODULATION DEPTH; NANO SCALE; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; ULTRA-SMALL;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84861809243     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001490     Document Type: Article

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