Low-Power consumption Franz-Keldysh effect plasmonic modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 11236-11243

  Abadia N ^a,b   Bernadin, T ^c   Chaisakul, P ^b   Olivier, S ^a   Marris Morini, D ^b   De Lamaëstre, R Espiau ^a   Weeber, J C ^c   Vivien, L ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FRANZ-KELDYSH EFFECT; GERMANIUM ON SILICONS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPERATION WAVELENGTH;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84899891598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011236     Document Type: Article

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