Demonstration of a Plasmonic MMI Switch in 10-Gb/s True Data Traffic Conditions

Author

Kalavrouziotis, Dimitrios ; Papaioannou, Sotirios ; Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ; Markey, Laurent ; Dereux, Alain ; Giannoulis, Giannis ; Apostolopoulos, Dimitrios ; Avramopoulos, Hercules ; Pleros, Nikolaos

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Commun. Lab., Nat. Technol. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

Volume

24

Issue

20

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1819

Lastpage

1822

Abstract

We report the first experimental performance evaluation of a 75-μm-long plasmonic multimode interference switch that is hetero-integrated on a silicon-on-insulator platform, operating with 10-Gb/s data signals. The switch exhibits a 2.9-μs response time and 44.5% modulation depth, while the extinction ratio between the ports alters from 5.4 to -1.5 dB for 35-mW electrical (switching) power. Error-free performance was achieved.

Keywords

integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; plasmonics; silicon-on-insulator; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; error free performance; extinction ratio; modulation depth; plasmonic multimode interference switch; power 35 mW; silicon-on-insulator; size 75 mum; true data traffic conditions; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Performance evaluation; Photonics; Plasmons; Active plasmonics; Mach–Zehnder interferometer; dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polaritons; silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonics; thermo-optic switch;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2216518

Filename

6293853