Ultracompact and Low-Power Plasmonic MZI Switch Using Cyclomer Loading
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| Titre | Ultracompact and Low-Power Plasmonic MZI Switch Using Cyclomer Loading |
| Type de publication | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Auteurs | Papaioannou S, Giannoulis G, Vyrsokinos K, Leroy F, Zacharatos F, Markey L, Weeber J-C, Dereux A, Bozhevolnyi SI, Prinzen A, Apostolopoulos D, Avramopoulos H, Pleros N |
| Journal | IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS |
| Volume | 27 |
| Pagination | 963-966 |
| Date Published | MAY 1 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| ISSN | 1041-1135 |
| Mots-clés | Active plasmonics, dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polaritons, silicon-on-insulator, thermo-optic switch |
| Résumé | We present a 2 x 2 hybrid silicon-plasmonic thermooptic (TO) asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometric (MZI) switch having only 40-mu m long active cyclomer-loaded plasmonic phase arms. It requires less than 12 mW of power and has 2/5-mu s ON/OFF-times, respectively, a modulation depth higher than 90% and a 13.2-dB extinction ratio. Data traffic evaluation has been carried out using 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero streams, yielding error-free operation at both switching states with power penalties ranging between 1 to 4.8 dB. The use of the cyclomer loading having a higher TO coefficient than polymethyl methacrylate has resulted to the smallest footprint among plasmonic MZI TO switches reported so far. |
| DOI | 10.1109/LPT.2015.2404942 |