Broadband Sub-λ GHz ITO Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator in Silicon Photonics
Rubab Amin, Rishi Maiti, Yaliang Gui, Can Suer, Mario Miscuglio, Elham Heidari, Ray T. Chen, Hamed Dalir, Volker J. Sorger
2020OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (AP) 2020 (IPR, NP, NOMA, Networks, PVLED, PSC, SPPCom, SOF)10 citationsDOI
Abstract
Here we demonstrate a spectrally broadband, GHz-fast Mach-Zehnder interferometric modulator, exhibiting a miniscule VpL of 95 V-um, deploying a sub-wavelength short plasmonic phase-shifter heterogeneously integrating ITO films into silicon photonics.
Topics & Concepts
BroadbandPhotonicsPlasmonSilicon photonicsOptoelectronicsMaterials scienceElectro-optic modulatorSiliconOptical modulatorTelecommunicationsOpticsPhase modulationComputer sciencePhysicsPhase noisePhotonic and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing