Design optimization and fabrication of Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on MIM plasmonic waveguides

作者:Kamada Shun; Okamoto Toshihiro; El Zohary Salah E; Haraguchi Masanobu
来源:Optics Express, 2016, 24(15): 16224-16231.
DOI:10.1364/OE.24.016224

摘要

We proposed and designed a compact unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on metal/insulator/metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguides for ultrafast optical signal processing. The MZI was fabricated by a lithography technique and we provide, for the first time experimental evaluation of the transmission performance of the MZI using MIM PWGs. The experimental results were in good agreement with the numerical simulations. The proposed structure could be considered as a key device for on-chip optical integrated circuits.

  • 出版日期2016-7-25