Kalavrouziotis D, Papaioannou S, Giannoulis G, Apostolopoulos D, Hassan K, Markey L, Weeber JC, Dereux A, Kumar A, Bozhevolnyi SI, Baus M, Karl M, Tekin T, Tsilipakos O, Pitilakis A, Kriezis EE, Avramopoulos H, Vyrsokinos K, Pleros N. 0.48Tb/s (12x40Gb/s) WDM transmission and high-quality thermo-optic switching in dielectric loaded plasmonics.
Opt Express 2012;
20:7655-7662. [PMID:
22453444 DOI:
10.1364/oe.20.007655]
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Abstract
We demonstrate Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM)-enabled transmission of 480Gb/s aggregate data traffic (12x40Gb/s) as well as high-quality 1x2 thermo-optic tuning in Dielectric-Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides (DLSPPWs). The WDM transmission characteristics have been verified through BER measurements by exploiting the heterointegration of a 60 μm-long straight DLSPPW on a Silicon-on-Insulator waveguide platform, showing error-free performance for six out of the twelve channels. High-quality thermo-optic tuning has been achieved by utilizing Cycloaliphatic-Acrylate-Polymer as an efficient thermo-optic polymer loading employed in a dual-resonator DLSPPW switching structure, yielding a 9 nm wavelength shift and extinction ratio values higher than 10 dB at both output ports when heated to 90°C.
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