Title :
Surface-normal plasmonic modulation for three-dimensional optical interconnects
Author :
Fanghui Ren ; Xiangyu Wang ; Wang, Alan X.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Abstract :
We present theoretical design and experimental demonstration of surface-normal modulation on a gold metallic photonic crystal slab. It requires a moderate index modulation of 0.0043 that is induced by thermal-optical effects of the glass substrate.
Keywords :
gold; optical design techniques; optical interconnections; optical modulation; photonic crystals; plasmonics; refractive index; surface plasmons; thermo-optical effects; Au; glass substrate; gold metallic photonic crystal slab; optical design; refractive index modulation; surface-normal plasmonic modulation; thermal-optical effects; three-dimensional optical interconnects; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
