The design and analysis of monolithic integration of CMOS-compatible plasmonic waveguides for on-chip electronic-photonic integrated circuits

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2974-2981

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Park, Suntak ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; MOS integrated circuit; nanophotonics; photonic integrated circuit; subwavelength optical interconnections; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLING; ELECTRONIC-PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; MOS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMONS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; PLASMONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84883376169     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2276761     Document Type: Article

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