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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970773
