Title :
Characterization of thermo-optical 2×2 switch configurations made of Dielectric Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides for telecom routing architecture
Author :
Hassan, K. ; Weeber, J. -C ; Markey, L. ; Dereux, A. ; Pitilakis, A. ; Tsilipakos, O. ; Kriezis, E.E.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Abstract :
We report on the characterization of thermo-optic switch structures based on Dielectric Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguide for high data bit rate transfer. Performances are extracted by Leakage Radiation Microscopy and compared to numerical results.
Keywords :
dielectric-loaded waveguides; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmons; telecommunication network routing; thermo-optical devices; dielectric loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides; leakage radiation microscopy; telecommunication routing architecture; thermo-optical switch configuration; Gold; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
