A graphene-based hybrid plasmonic waveguide with ultra-deep subwavelength confinement

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 4199-4203

  Zhou, Xuetong ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Hong, Wei ^a   Li, Xun ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; Optical waveguides; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; GRAPHENE; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; GRAPHENE PLASMONS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; PROPAGATION LOSS; STRONG COUPLING; TERAHERTZ INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TERAHERTZ WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84907487701     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2350487     Document Type: Article

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