Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 19, 1923001(2023)
Slow-Light Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Modulators with Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons Electrodes
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Guangyao Xu, Xiaofei Ma, Chong Sheng, Hui Liu. Slow-Light Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Modulators with Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons Electrodes[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(19): 1923001
Category: Optical Devices
Received: Apr. 10, 2023
Accepted: May. 10, 2023
Published Online: Oct. 12, 2023
The Author Email: Hui Liu (liuhui@nju.edu.cn)