Mid-infrared active graphene nanoribbon plasmonic waveguide devices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3111-3116

  Ooi, Kelvin J A ^a,b,c   Chu, Hong Son ^a   Ang, Lay Kee ^b,c   Bai, Ping ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; GRAPHENE; INFRARED DEVICES; MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

ACTIVE WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRICAL MODULATION; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); INHOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SIMULATION STUDIES;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84890711413     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.003111     Document Type: Article

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