Title :
Design and Analysis of a Miniature Intensity Modulator Based on a Silicon-Polymer-Metal Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide
Author :
Xiaomeng Sun ; Linjie Zhou ; Haike Zhu ; Qianqian Wu ; Xinwan Li ; Jianping Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We propose a miniature optical intensity modulator based on a silicon-polymer-metal hybrid plasmonic waveguide. Benefiting from the high mode confinement of hybrid plasmonic waveguide and the high linear electro-optic effect of polymer material, the intensity modulator is ultra-compact with a length of only ~ 13 μm. The device is optimized using numerical simulations based on the finite element method (FEM). The modulator exhibits a large modulation bandwidth of 90 GHz, a modulation depth of 12 dB at 6 V, and low power consumption of 24.3 fJ/bit.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; elemental semiconductors; finite element analysis; intensity modulation; nanophotonics; optical design techniques; optical polymers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; FEM; Si; bandwidth 60 GHz; finite element method; high mode confinement; linear electrooptic effect; miniature optical intensity modulator; modulation bandwidth; modulation depth; nanophotonics; power consumption; silicon-polymer-metal hybrid plasmonic waveguide; Modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Polymers; Silicon; Plasmonics; silicon nanophotonics; waveguide devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2329395
