Electronic modulation of infrared radiation in graphene plasmonic resonators

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Brar, Victor W ^a,b   Sherrott, Michelle C ^a,b   Jang, Min Seok ^a,c   Kim, Seyoon ^a   Kim, Laura ^a   Choi, Mansoo ^c,d   Sweatlock, Luke A ^e   Atwater, Harry A ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; SILICON NITRIDE;

CARBON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMISSIVITY; INFRARED RADIATION; RESONANCE; SILICON;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; INFRARED RADIATION; MODULATION; OPTICS; PHONON; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929190923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8032     Document Type: Article

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