Abstract
We report field effect electro-absorption (EA) modulators made of a thin epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) film sandwiched in a silicon or plasmonic waveguide. The significant bias-induced reduction of the absorption of the ENZ film may promise nanoscale modulators.
© 2016 Optical Society of America
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