Waveguide-coupled graphene optoelectronics

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Koester, Steven J ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

nanotechnology; optical communication; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION LENGTH; MIDINFRARED; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MOTIVATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84884582404     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2272316     Document Type: Article

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