Towards CMOS-compatible nanophotonics: Ultra-compact modulators using alternative plasmonic materials

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27326-27337

  Babicheva, Viktoriia E ^a,b   Kinsey, Nathaniel ^b   Naik, Gururaj V ^b   Ferrera, Marcello ^b,c   Lavrinenko, Andrei V ^a   Shalaev, Vladimir M ^b,d   Boltasseva, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; EXTINCTION RATIOS; MODULATION DEPTH; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMON RESONANCES; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MODULATION; PLASMONS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 84887495131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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