Title :
Group IV photonics meets plasmonics
Author :
Brongersma, Mark L.
Author_Institution :
Geballe Lab. for Adv. Mater., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
Group IV photonics has seen tremendous progress in the development of high performance light sources, waveguides, modulators, and detectors. Plasmonics is an exploding new field of science and technology in which the flow of light can be molded at the nanoscale using metallic nanostructures. This newly found ability is rapidly impacting every facet of optics and photonics and is enabling a myriad of exciting new technologies. As plasmonic devices can be fabricated using CMOS compatible nanofabrication techniques, it is worth exploring opportunities at the interface between group IV photonics and plasmonics. I will discuss recent progress in the development of hybrid devices that exploit the best of each technology and provide my personal assessment of the limitations and most exciting future opportunities for the field.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; light sources; nanostructured materials; optical materials; optical modulation; optical sensors; optical waveguides; plasmonics; CMOS compatible nanofabrication; Group IV photonics; detectors; high performance light sources; metallic nanostructures; modulators; nanoscale light flow molding; plasmonic devices; plasmonics; waveguides; Biomedical optical imaging; CMOS technology; Electrons; Nanostructures; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338357
