Title :
First experimental demonstration of a plasmonic MMI switch in 10 Gb/s true data traffic conditions
Author :
Kalavrouziotis, D. ; Papaioannou, S. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Markey, L. ; Dereux, A. ; Giannoulis, G. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Pleros, N.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Technol. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We report the first experimental performance evaluation of a 75 um long plasmonic MMI switch, hetero-integrated on a SOI platform, operating with 10Gb/s data signals. The switch exhibits 2.9μs response time and 44.5% modulation depth while its extinction ratio varies from 5.4 to -1.5 dB for 35mW switching power. Error-free performance was achieved.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light interference; optical modulation; optical switches; plasmonics; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; telecommunication traffic; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; gain 5.4 dB to -1.5 dB; heterointegrated SOI platform; multimode interference structure; plasmonic MMI switch; power 35 mW; size 75 mum; time 2.9 mus; true data traffic condition; Adaptive optics; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Performance evaluation; Plasmons; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
