Title :
From silicon-organic hybrid to plasmonic modulation
Author :
Leuthold, Juerg ; Melikyan, Argishti ; Alloatti, L. ; Korn, D. ; Palmer, R. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Lauermann, M. ; Schindler, Philipp C. ; Chen, Bing ; Dinu, R. ; Elder, D.L. ; Dalton, L.R. ; Koos, C. ; Kohl, Michael ; Freude, W. ; Hafner, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electromagn. Fields, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Organic materials combined with strongly-guiding silicon waveguides have led to a new generation of low-power, high-speed linear-electro optic modulators. In this paper we review the so-called silicon-organic hybrid approach and the more recent plasmonic successor.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; electro-optical effects; elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; high-speed linear-electrooptic modulators; low-power modulators; organic materials; plasmonic modulation; silicon waveguides; silicon-organic hybrid approach; High-speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964245
