Hybrid graphene plasmonic waveguide modulators

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ansell, D ^a   Radko, I P ^b   Han, Z ^b   Rodriguez, F J ^a   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^b   Grigorenko, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; SILICON;

ALKENE; CARBON; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; HYBRID; HYBRID GRAPHENE PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84946763459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9846     Document Type: Article

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