Graphene-assisted critically-coupled optical ring modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23144-23155

  Midrio, Michele ^a   Boscolo, Stefano ^a   Moresco, Michele ^b,c   Romagnoli, Marco ^b,c   De Angelis, Costantino ^d   Locatelli, Andrea ^d   Capobianco, Antonio Daniele ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b PhotonIC Corporation   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GRAPHENE;

100 GHZ; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DRIVING VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL RINGS; OPTICAL WAVES; RING CAVITIES; SWITCHING ENERGY;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84867305336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023144     Document Type: Article

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