Thermo-optic control of dielectric-loaded plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometers and directional coupler switches

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 44, 2012, Pages

  Gosciniak, Jacek ^a   Markey, Laurent ^b   Dereux, Alain ^b   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC SWITCH; EFFECT OF THE GAP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GOLD STRIPES; LOW POWER; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; THERMOOPTICS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84867825021     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/44/444008     Document Type: Article

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