DocumentCode
2556162
Title
A surface plasmon polariton absorption modulator
Author
Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C. ; Melikyan, A. ; Lindenmann, N.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
26-30 June 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Ways to minimize the footprint of electro-optical modulators are discussed. We first review state-of-the art silicon modulators and then examine novel plasmonic modulator concepts that show promise to enable ultrafast switching with devices in the micron-scale range.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; polaritons; silicon; surface plasmons; electro-optical modulators; plasmonic modulator; silicon modulators; surface plasmon polariton absorption modulator; ultrafast switching; Absorption; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon; Electro-optical devices; Modulators; Plasmonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Stockholm
ISSN
2161-2056
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN
2161-2056
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970773
Filename
5970773
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