Title :
Mid-infrared optical waveguide modulator based on the epsilon-near-zero effect of ITO
Author :
Jeonghun Lee;Min-Suk Kwon
Author_Institution :
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) 50 Eonyang-eup, UNIST-gil Ulju-gun Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Abstract :
Electroabsorption modulators based on the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) effect of ITO are theoretically investigated. They are designed to work in the mid-infrared. We demonstrate that the modulator length is made smaller than 1.16 μm.
Keywords :
"Indium tin oxide","Optical waveguides","Modulation","Plasmons","Silicon","Strips","Absorption"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376524
