Title :
Plasmonic waves to electrical current conversion for integrated plasmonic-electronic circuits
Author :
Gu, Mingxia ; Bai, Ping ; Chu, Hong Son ; Li, Er-Ping
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photonics & Plasmonics Group, A*STAR Inst. of High Performance Comput., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A novel ultra-compact THz-bandwidth plasmon-to-electron converter is reported for hybrid plasmon-electron integrated circuits. 20% of the optical power from plasmonic waveguide can be converted to photocurrent via a nanoscale active volume of 50×50×130nm3.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Circuits; Electromagnetic waveguides; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Plasmons; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2