Noise cancellation in long-range surface plasmon dual-output mach-zehnder interferometers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2606-2612

  Fan, Hui ^a   Berini, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual output Mach Zehnder interferometer; long range surface plasmon polariton; noise cancellation; thermo optic modulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS; DUAL OUTPUTS; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; NOISE CANCELLATION; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THERMO-OPTIC MODULATION;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; SIGNAL DENOISING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 84881147652     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2271217     Document Type: Article

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