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
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