• DocumentCode
    1769743
  • Title

    Graphene coated ZnO nanowire optical waveguides

  • Author

    Bigeng Chen ; Limin Tong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Opt. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using a tape-assist-transfer method and micromanipulation, we have fabricated graphene coated ZnO nanowire (GZN) optical waveguides. The GZNs exhibit significant saturable absorption (differential transmission of 15% at 1064nm), which can be employed for optical modulation.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; graphene; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; C-ZnO; GZN optical waveguide fabrication; differential transmission; graphene-coated ZnO nanowire optical waveguides; micromanipulation; optical modulation; saturable absorption; tape-assist-transfer method; wavelength 1064 nm; Graphene; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988518