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Active plasmonics in WDM traffic switching applications
Hercules AvramopoulosLaurent MarkeyAshwani KumarDimitrios KalavrouziotisAlain DereuxDimitrios ApostolopoulosJean-claude WeeberKarim HassanM. BausSergey I. BozhevolnyiS. PapaioannouS. PapaioannouNikos PlerosNikos PlerosKonstantinos VyrsokinosTolga Tekinsubject
Optical fiberComputer scienceTRANSMISSIONTransducersSilicon on insulator02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesMultiplexingArticlelaw.invention010309 opticsMetalPOWER THERMOOPTICAL SWITCHlawWavelength-division multiplexing0103 physical sciencesElectronic engineeringFiber Optic TechnologySurface plasmon resonanceSILICON-ON-INSULATORPlasmonElectronic circuitMultidisciplinaryCHIPReproducibility of ResultsEquipment DesignSurface Plasmon ResonancePERFORMANCE021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyChipSurface plasmon polaritonInterferometryWavelengthInterferometryTransducerPlasmonic waveguidevisual_artTelecommunicationsvisual_art.visual_art_mediumPOLARITON WAVE-GUIDES0210 nano-technologydescription
With metal stripes being intrinsic components of plasmonic waveguides, plasmonics provides a "naturally" energy-efficient platform for merging broadband optical links with intelligent electronic processing, instigating a great promise for low-power and small-footprint active functional circuitry. The first active Dielectric-Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton (DLSPP) thermo-optic (TO) switches with successful performance in single-channel 10 Gb/s data traffic environments have led the inroad towards bringing low-power active plasmonics in practical traffic applications. In this article, we introduce active plasmonics into Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) switching applications, using the smallest TO DLSPP-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch reported so far and showing its successful performance in 4310 Gb/s low-power and fast switching operation. The demonstration of the WDM-enabling characteristics of active plasmonic circuits with an ultra-low power 3 response time product represents a crucial milestone in the development of active plasmonics towards real telecom and datacom applications, where low-energy and fast TO operation with small-size circuitry is targeted. With metal stripes being intrinsic components of plasmonic waveguides, plasmonics provides a "naturally" energy-efficient platform for merging broadband optical links with intelligent electronic processing, instigating a great promise for low-power and small-footprint active functional circuitry. The first active Dielectric-Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton (DLSPP) thermo-optic (TO) switches with successful performance in single-channel 10 Gb/s data traffic environments have led the inroad towards bringing low-power active plasmonics in practical traffic applications. In this article, we introduce active plasmonics into Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) switching applications, using the smallest TO DLSPP-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch reported so far and showing its successful performance in 4310 Gb/s low-power and fast switching operation. The demonstration of the WDM-enabling characteristics of active plasmonic circuits with an ultra-low power 3 response time product represents a crucial milestone in the development of active plasmonics towards real telecom and datacom applications, where low-energy and fast TO operation with small-size circuitry is targeted.
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| 2012-09-12 |