Design and analysis of a silicon-based terahertz plasmonic switch

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 25452-25466

  Khorrami, Mohammad Ali ^a   El Ghazaly, Samir ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONTROL VOLTAGES; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; INDENTATION EDGE; PLASMON PROPAGATION; SCATTERING MATRICES; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84886418985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.025452     Document Type: Article

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