Active Plasmonics in True Data Traffic Applications: Thermo-Optic On/Off Gating Using a Silicon-Plasmonic Asymmetric MachZehnder Interferometer

作者：Kalavrouziotis Dimitrios^*; Papaioannou Sotirios; Vyrsokinos Konstantinos; Kumar Ashwani; Bozhevolnyi Sergey I; Hassan Karim; Markey Laurent; Weeber Jean Claude; Dereux Alain; Giannoulis Giannis; Apostolopoulos Dimitrios; Avramopoulos Hercules; Pleros Nikos

来源：IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2012, 24(12): 1036-1038.

DOI：10.1109/LPT.2012.2191147

• Active plasmonics
• dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polaritons
• Mach-Zehnder interferometer
• silicon-on-insulator photonics
• thermo-optic switch

We present the first system-level demonstration of an active plasmonic device in 10-Gb/s data traffic conditions. An asymmetric silicon-plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides serving as the electrically controlled arms, operates as thermo-optic ON/OFF gating element with 2.8-mu s response time and 10.8-mW power consumption.

• 出版日期2012-6-15