Active plasmonics in true data traffic applications: Thermo-optic ON/OFF gating using a silicon-plasmonic asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Abstract:

We present the first system-level demonstration of an active plasmonic device in 10-Gb/s data traffic conditions. An asymmetric silicon-plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides serving as the electrically controlled arms, operates as thermo-optic On/Off gating element with 2.8- μ s response time and 10.8-mW power consumption.

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2012

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