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Hybrid plasmonic optical modulator based on multi-layer graphene
- Source :
- Optical and Quantum Electronics. 52
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Hybrid plasmonic waveguide provided high confinement of the propagating light and it is compatible with silicon on insulator technology. Graphene with unique optical properties has been used in optical modulator to give a high extinction ratio, broadband operation, and small footprint. In this paper, we used graphene as an absorber layer in a hybrid plasmonic waveguide structure to get sub-wavelength field confinement and better interaction between the graphene and the propagating light to reach maximum absorption of the graphene. We studied the effects of a different number (2–6) of the graphene layers on the extinction ratio, bandwidth, and energy consumption. The modulation extinction ratio is as high as 36 dB/μm and it has a flat response in a wide range of wavelength. The power consumption is about 14 fJ/bit. This modulator has a good response in all communication bands.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Extinction ratio
business.industry
Graphene
Physics::Optics
Silicon on insulator
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
law.invention
010309 optics
Wavelength
Optical modulator
law
Modulation
0103 physical sciences
Broadband
Optoelectronics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
0210 nano-technology
business
Plasmon
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1572817X and 03068919
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Optical and Quantum Electronics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d1f0df9e2943a639c35dae05301e5a2f