Conference paper
Finite-thickness metal-semiconductor-metal waveguide as plasmonic modulator
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Aip Conference Proceedings
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2012, Volume 1475, Issue 1, pp. 41-43
Abstract
We analyze a finite-thickness metal-semiconductor-metal waveguide to be utilized as an ultra-compact plasmonic modulator in optoelectronic integrated circuits. The InP-based semiconductor core allows electrical control of signal propagation. We show that using thin metal layers instead of thick ones we can obtain higher effective index, which is required for high modulation speed.
The ultra-compact layout and tight field confinement are the main advantages of such plasmonic modulators.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 41-43 |
| Proceedings: | 5th International Workshop on Theoretical and Computational Nano-Photonics |
| Series: | A I P Conference Proceedings Series |
| ISBN: | 0735410844 and 9780735410848 |
| ISSN: | 15517616 and 0094243x |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4750089 |
| ORCIDs: | Malureanu, Radu and Lavrinenko, Andrei |
