High-speed plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator in a waveguide

We demonstrate a plasmonic Mach-Zehnder-modulator with a record-small length of 10 μm. The modulator is fully integrated into a single silicon waveguide and operates at 72 Gbit s -1 . A voltage-length product as low as V π L=50 ±5 Vpm is found.

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Main Authors: Haffner, C., Ducry, F., Kohl, M., Dalton, L. R., Hillerkuss, D., Hafner, C., Leuthold, J., Heni, W., Fedoryshyn, Y., Elder, D. L., Melikyan, A., Baeuerle, B., Niegemann, J., Emboras, A., Josten, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Optical losses
Optical waveguides
Phase modulation
Photonics
Plasmons
Silicon
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Summary:We demonstrate a plasmonic Mach-Zehnder-modulator with a record-small length of 10 μm. The modulator is fully integrated into a single silicon waveguide and operates at 72 Gbit s -1 . A voltage-length product as low as V π L=50 ±5 Vpm is found.
ISSN:1550-381X
DOI:10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964271