Active Plasmonics in True Data Traffic Applications: Thermo-Optic On/Off Gating Using a Silicon-Plasmonic Asymmetric Mach–Zehnder Interferometer

Author

Kalavrouziotis, Dimitrios ; Papaioannou, Sotirios ; Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ; Kumar, Ashwani ; Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I. ; Hassan, Karim ; Markey, Laurent ; Weeber, Jean-Claude ; Dereux, Alain ; Giannoulis, Giannis ; Apostolopoulos, Dimitrios ; Avramopoulos

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Commun. Lab., Nat. Technol. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2012

fDate

6/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1036

Lastpage

1038

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.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; active plasmonic device; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data traffic; dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides; power 10.8 mW; power consumption; silicon-plasmonic asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; thermo-optic on/off gating; time 2.8 mus; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons; Active plasmonics; Mach–Zehnder interferometer; dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polaritons; silicon-on-insulator photonics; thermo-optic switch;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2191147

Filename

6171832