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RESEARCH PRODUCT

First demonstration of active plasmonic device in true data traffic conditions: On/off thermo-optic modulation using a hybrid silicon-plasmonic asymmetric MZI

Giannis GiannoulisHercules AvramopoulosS. PapaioannouDimitrios ApostolopoulosAshwani KumarAlain DereuxJ.-c. WeeberNikos PlerosKonstantinos VyrsokinosLaurent MarkeySergei I. BozhevolnyiDimitrios Kalavrouziotis

subject

Data trafficMaterials scienceSiliconbusiness.industrychemistry.chemical_elementSilicon on insulatorResponse timeAmplitude-shift keyingOpticschemistryPower consumptionModulationOptoelectronicsbusinessPlasmon

description

We demonstrate the first system-level evaluation of an active plasmonic device in 10Gb/s data traffic conditions. Thermo-optic ON/OFF modulation with 3μs response time and 10mW power consumption is presented using an asymmetric MZI silicon-plasmonic gate.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-01-01
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