Graphene-supported tunable waveguide structure in the terahertz regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2461-2468

  He, Xiaoyong ^a   Kim, Sangin ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; WAVEGUIDES;

EFFECTIVE MODE AREAS; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; MODULATION DEPTH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROPAGATION LOSS; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; TUNABLE WAVE-GUIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84884690684     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002461     Document Type: Article

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