Bismuth ferrite for active control of surface plasmon polariton modes

Author

Babicheva, Viktoriia E. ; Zhukovsky, Sergei V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V.

Author_Institution

DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2014

fDate

25-28 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

319

Lastpage

321

Abstract

We propose and investigate several layouts of metal-insulator-metal waveguide with active core which can be utilized for dynamic switching in photonic integrated circuits. The active material, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO₃), is sandwiched between metal plates and changes its refractive index through partial switching of ferroelectric domain orientation under applied voltage. Both phase and amplitude modulations are envisaged.

Keywords

MIM devices; bismuth compounds; dielectric waveguides; electric domains; ferrites; ferroelectric switching; metals; plasmonics; plates (structures); polaritons; refractive index; sandwich structures; surface plasmon resonance; BiFeO₃; active core; amplitude modulations; applied voltage; bismuth ferrite; dynamic switching; ferroelectric domain orientation; metal-insulator-metal waveguide; partial switching; phase modulations; photonic integrated circuits; refractive index; sandwiched metal plates; surface plasmon polariton mode active control; Materials; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2014 8th International Congress on

Conference_Location

Lyngby

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3450-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetaMaterials.2014.6948544

Filename

6948544