Here, we demonstrate a spectrally broadband, GHz-fast Mach-Zehnder interferometeric modulator, exhibiting a miniscule VpL of 95 V-um, deploying a sub-wavelength short electrostatically tunable plasmonic phase-shifter, based on heterogeneously integrated ITO thin films into silicon photonics.
@article{arxiv.2001.11497,
title = {Broadband Sub-{\lambda} GHz ITO Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator on Silicon Photonics},
author = {Rubab Amin and Rishi Maiti and Yaliang Gui and Can Suer and Mario Miscuglio and Elham Heidari and Ray T. Chen and Hamed Dalir and Volker J. Sorger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.11497},
year = {2020}
}