Graphene electro-optic modulator with 30 GHz bandwidth

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 511-514

  Phare, Christopher T ^a   Daniel Lee, Yoon Ho ^a   Cardenas, Jaime ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE DEVICES; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON NITRIDE;

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; OPTO-ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE WAVEGUIDES;

MODULATORS;

EID: 84938590480     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.122     Document Type: Article

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