Title :
Electro-optic modulator meditated by metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides
Author :
Lee, Dong-Jin ; Sung, Jun-Ho ; Lee, Seung-Gol ; Park, Se-Geun ; Lee, El-Hang ; Beom-Hoan, O.
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Photonics Elite Res. Center, Inha Univ., Incheon, South Korea
Abstract :
We propose an electro-optic modulator in metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguides with an electro-optic polymer film sandwiched between two layers of metals. The power modulation ratios are 3.65 dB when a modulator length is 2.15 um and switching times are expected to be in the microsecond-nanosecond time scale.
Keywords :
MIM devices; electro-optical effects; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; optical polymers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polymer films; electro-optic modulator; electro-optic polymer film; metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides; microsecond-nanosecond time scale; modulator length; power modulation ratios; size 2.16 mum; switching times; Electrooptic modulators; Metal-insulator structures; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Waveguide components; MIM plasmonic waveguides; electro-optic modulator;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307810
