Optical modulator with plasmon based coupling

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PATENT NO 9823498
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14908228

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A device comprising a metal layer on a crystalline silicon substrate, and a waveguide that has a refractive index greater than that of the crystalline silicon, wherein the waveguide is arranged to couple light to a surface plasmon mode at an interface between the silicon substrate and the metal layer when a waveguide mode is phase matched to the surface plasmon mode.

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UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWSST ANDREWS FIFE KY16 9AJ

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Debnath, Kapil Fife, GB 5 9
Whelan-Curtin, William Fife, GB 5 6

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