• DocumentCode
    733141
  • Title

    Nanophotonic modulator with bismuth ferrite as low-loss switchable material

  • Author

    Babicheva, Viktoriia E. ; Zhukovsky, Sergei V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a nanophotonic waveguide modulator with bismuth ferrite as a tunable material. Due to near-zero losses in bismuth ferrite, modulation with up to 20 dB/μm extinction ratio and 12 μm propagation length is achieved.
  • Keywords
    bismuth compounds; extinction coefficients; iron compounds; nanophotonics; optical materials; optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; BiFeO3; bismuth ferrite; extinction ratio; low-loss switchable material; nanophotonic waveguide modulator; near-zero losses; Bismuth; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183578