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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Efficient thermo-optically controlled Mach-Zhender interferometers using dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides
Laurent MarkeyAlain DereuxSergey I. BozhevolnyiJacek Gosciniaksubject
Total internal reflectionMaterials scienceSURFACEbusiness.industryCOMPONENTS02 engineering and technologyDielectricWAVELENGTHS021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics010309 opticsSwitching timeOpticsModulation0103 physical sciencesAstronomical interferometerRidge (meteorology)0210 nano-technologybusinessPhase modulationPlasmondescription
Compact fiber-coupled dielectric-loaded plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometers operating at telecom wavelengths and controlled via the thermo-optic effect are reported. Two fabricated structures with Cytop substrate and a ridge made of PMMA or a cycloaliphatic acrylate polymer (CAP) were considered showing low switching power of 2.35 mW and switching time in the range of microseconds for a CAP ridge and milliseconds switching time for a PMMA ridge. Full output modulation is demonstrated for the structure with a CAP ridge and 40% modulation with a PMMA ridge. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America Compact fiber-coupled dielectric-loaded plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometers operating at telecom wavelengths and controlled via the thermo-optic effect are reported. Two fabricated structures with Cytop substrate and a ridge made of PMMA or a cycloaliphatic acrylate polymer (CAP) were considered showing low switching power of 2.35 mW and switching time in the range of microseconds for a CAP ridge and milliseconds switching time for a PMMA ridge. Full output modulation is demonstrated for the structure with a CAP ridge and 40% modulation with a PMMA ridge.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-03 | Optics Express |