In-plane optical absorption and free carrier absorption in graphene-on-silicon waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Zhenzhou ^a   Tsang, Hon Ki ^a   Wang, Xiaomu ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Xu, Jian Bin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

free carrier absorption; Graphene; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; silicon on insulator (SOI) technology; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR COMPATIBLE; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONICS; PROBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84882773493     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2263115     Document Type: Article

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