Plasmonic nanoantennas as integrated coherent perfect absorbers on SOI waveguides for modulators and all-optical switches

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 27662-27671

  Bruck, Roman ^a   Muskens, Otto L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; COUNTERPROPAGATING WAVES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; PLASMONIC NANOANTENNA; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SWITCHING APPLICATIONS; WIRE WAVE GUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES; PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDES;

MODULATORS;

EID: 84888263478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027662     Document Type: Article

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