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Characteristics of electro-refractive modulating based on Graphene-Oxide-Silicon waveguide |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 20, pp. 22398-22405 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.022398
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Abstract
Graphene has attracted a high level of research interest because of its outstanding electronic transport properties and optical properties. Based on the Kubo formalism and the Maxwell equations, it’s demonstrated that the optical conductivity of graphene can be controlled through the applied voltage. And we find that the graphene-oxide-silicon (GOS) based waveguide can be made into either the electro-absorptive or electron-refractive modulators. Using graphene as the active medium, we present a new electro-refractive Mach-Zender interferometer based on the GOS structure. This new GOS-based electron-refractive modulation mechanism can enable novel architectures for on-chip optical communications.
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OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(250.7360) Optoelectronics : Waveguide modulators
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 23, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 7, 2012
Published: September 17, 2012
Citation
Chao Xu, Yichang Jin, Longzhi Yang, Jianyi Yang, and Xiaoqing Jiang, "Characteristics of electro-refractive modulating based on Graphene-Oxide-Silicon waveguide," Opt. Express 20, 22398-22405 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-20-22398
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