Active Plasmonics in True Data Traffic Applications: Thermo-Optic On/Off Gating Using a Silicon-Plasmonic Asymmetric MachZehnder Interferometer
- Kalavrouziotis, Dimitrios
- Papaioannou, Sotirios
- Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos
- Kumar, Ashwani
- I. Bozhevolnyi, Sergey
- Hassan, Karim
- Markey, Laurent
- Weeber, Jean-Claude
- Dereux, Alain
- Giannoulis, Giannis
- Apostolopoulos, Dimitrios
- Avramopoul, Hercules
- Pleros, Nikos
Publication date
January 2012
DOI Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Abstract
International audienceWe 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-mu s response time and 10.8-mW power consumption
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