Switching energy limits of waveguide-coupled graphene-on-graphene optical modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 20330-20341

  Koester, Steven J ^a   Li, Huan ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; SWITCHING; WAVEGUIDES;

ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FUNDAMENTAL SWITCHING; MINIMUM ENERGY; OPERATING VOLTAGE; PEAK-TO-PEAK VOLTAGES; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; SWITCHING ENERGY; TE MODE; WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865725673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020330     Document Type: Article

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