Title :
Bismuth ferrite for active control of surface plasmon polariton modes
Author :
Babicheva, Viktoriia E. ; Zhukovsky, Sergei V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We propose and investigate several layouts of metal-insulator-metal waveguide with active core which can be utilized for dynamic switching in photonic integrated circuits. The active material, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3), is sandwiched between metal plates and changes its refractive index through partial switching of ferroelectric domain orientation under applied voltage. Both phase and amplitude modulations are envisaged.
Keywords :
MIM devices; bismuth compounds; dielectric waveguides; electric domains; ferrites; ferroelectric switching; metals; plasmonics; plates (structures); polaritons; refractive index; sandwich structures; surface plasmon resonance; BiFeO3; active core; amplitude modulations; applied voltage; bismuth ferrite; dynamic switching; ferroelectric domain orientation; metal-insulator-metal waveguide; partial switching; phase modulations; photonic integrated circuits; refractive index; sandwiched metal plates; surface plasmon polariton mode active control; Materials; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2014 8th International Congress on
Conference_Location :
Lyngby
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3450-8
DOI :
10.1109/MetaMaterials.2014.6948544
