High optical performance and practicality of active plasmonic devices based on rhombohedral BiFeO 3

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 684-689

  Chu, Son Hong ^a   Singh, David Joseph ^b   Wang, John ^c   Li, Er Ping ^a   Ong, Khuong P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BiFeO 3; Multiferroelectric; Optical modulator; Plasmonics.

Indexed keywords

BIFEO 3; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; MODULATION RESPONSE; MULTIFERROELECTRIC; MULTIFERROICS; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONICS; THIN FILM LAYERS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; LIGHT MODULATORS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84865713148     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201280022     Document Type: Article

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