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First experimental demonstration of a plasmonic MMI switch in 10 Gb/s true data traffic conditions

S. PapaioannouNikos PlerosAlain DereuxDimitrios ApostolopoulosDimitrios KalavrouziotisHercules AvramopoulosLaurent MarkeyKonstantinos VyrsokinosG. Giannoulis

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Amplitude modulationPhysicsSilicon photonicsExtinction ratioPhotonic integrated circuitElectronic engineeringSilicon on insulatorResponse timeOptical switchPlasmon

description

We report the first experimental performance evaluation of a 75 um long plasmonic MMI switch, hetero-integrated on a SOI platform, operating with 10Gb/s data signals. The switch exhibits 2.9μs response time and 44.5% modulation depth while its extinction ratio varies from 5.4 to -1.5 dB for 35mW switching power. Error-free performance was achieved.

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