High-speed plasmonic phase modulators

• DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.9
• Publication Date: 2014-02-14T03:39:38Z
• Authors: A. Melikyan; L. Alloatti; A. Muslija; D. Hillerkuss; P. C. Schindler; J. Li; R. Palmer; D. Korn; S. Muehlbrandt; D. Van Thourhout; B. Chen; R. Dinu; M. Sommer; C. Koos; M. Kohl; W. Freude; J. Leuthold
• Keywords: ddc:620; 0103 physical sciences; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 01 natural sciences; Engineering & allied operations; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620; 6. Clean water; 620

A phase modulator that is only 29 µm long and operates at 65 GHz is demonstrated using plasmonics and the Pockels effect in a nonlinear polymer. The device operates across a 120-nm-wide wavelength range centred on 1,550 nm and at temperatures up to 85 °C.