title: Characteristics of electro-refractive modulating based on Graphene-Oxide-Silicon waveguide.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yichang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Longzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jianyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004579:Electron Transport; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D006108:Graphite; D012825:Silicon