Modulation of mid-infrared light using graphene-metal plasmonic antennas

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Li, Zhaoyi ^a   Yu, Nanfang ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL TUNING; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MID-INFRARED SPECTRAL RANGE; MODULATION RATES; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; RECONFIGURABLE; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

GRAPHENE; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE MODULATION; PLASMONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84876115831     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4800931     Document Type: Article

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