Small footprint nano-mechanical plasmonic phase modulators
Optics
2016-01-20 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
The authors' recent Nature Photonics article titled "Compact Nano-Mechanical Plasmonic Phase Modulators" [1] is reviewed which reports a new phase modulation principle with experimental demonstration of a 23 {\mu}m long non-resonant modulator having 1.5 {\pi} rad range with 1.7 dB excess loss at 780 nm. Analysis showed that by decreasing all dimensions, a low loss, ultra-compact {\pi} rad phase modulator is possible. Application of this type of nano-mechanical modulator in a miniature 2 x 2 switch is suggested and an optical design numerically validated. The footprint of the switch is 0.5 {\mu}m x 2.5 {\mu}m.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.08557,
title = {Small footprint nano-mechanical plasmonic phase modulators},
author = {V. A. Aksyuk and B. S. Dennis and M. I. Haftel and D. A. Czaplewski and D. Lopez and G. Blumberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.08557},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
presented at Transducers 2015 Conference, Anchorage, AK