Ultracompact vanadium dioxide dual-mode plasmonic waveguide electroabsorption modulator

Nanophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Ooi, Kelvin J A ^a,b   Bai, Ping ^a   Chu, Hong Son ^a   Ang, Lay Kee ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dual mode; Modulator; Plasmonics; Ultracompact; Vanadium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; VANADIUM; WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC INSULATORS; DUAL MODES; LARGE MODULATION DEPTH; PLASMONIC NANOCIRCUITS; PLASMONICS; ULTRA-COMPACT WAVEGUIDES; ULTRACOMPACT; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84882401706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21928614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0028     Document Type: Article

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