Group IV photonics meets plasmonics

Author

Brongersma, Mark L.

Author_Institution

Geballe Lab. for Adv. Mater., Stanford, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

73

Abstract

Group IV photonics has seen tremendous progress in the development of high performance light sources, waveguides, modulators, and detectors. Plasmonics is an exploding new field of science and technology in which the flow of light can be molded at the nanoscale using metallic nanostructures. This newly found ability is rapidly impacting every facet of optics and photonics and is enabling a myriad of exciting new technologies. As plasmonic devices can be fabricated using CMOS compatible nanofabrication techniques, it is worth exploring opportunities at the interface between group IV photonics and plasmonics. I will discuss recent progress in the development of hybrid devices that exploit the best of each technology and provide my personal assessment of the limitations and most exciting future opportunities for the field.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; light sources; nanostructured materials; optical materials; optical modulation; optical sensors; optical waveguides; plasmonics; CMOS compatible nanofabrication; Group IV photonics; detectors; high performance light sources; metallic nanostructures; modulators; nanoscale light flow molding; plasmonic devices; plasmonics; waveguides; Biomedical optical imaging; CMOS technology; Electrons; Nanostructures; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1949-2081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4402-1

Electronic_ISBN

1949-2081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338357

Filename

5338357