Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition

The need for ever faster and more efficient computation and communication devices has spurred interest in the field of all-optical modulators. Here a small-size hybrid plasmonic-photonic all-optical waveguide modulator utilizing a subwavelength Au&#x002F;VO<sub>2</sub> nanostructure...

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Main Authors: J. Kenji Clark, Ya-Lun Ho, Hiroaki Matsui, Jean-Jacques Delaunay
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8219362/
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description The need for ever faster and more efficient computation and communication devices has spurred interest in the field of all-optical modulators. Here a small-size hybrid plasmonic-photonic all-optical waveguide modulator utilizing a subwavelength Au&#x002F;VO<sub>2</sub> nanostructure is proposed as a high-modulation optically actuatable modulator. Using finite-difference-time-domain simulations, a nanoscale (320 nm &#x00D7; 300 nm cross-section) optimized modulator is designed. The modulator design has an extinction ratio as high as 26.85 dB&#x002F;&#x03BC;m, and a length of only 550 nm.
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spelling doaj-art-9ba72bf75cb747d389f06efb0d28570f2025-08-20T02:38:09ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-011011910.1109/JPHOT.2017.27844298219362Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase TransitionJ. Kenji Clark0Ya-Lun Ho1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-5978Hiroaki Matsui2Jean-Jacques Delaunay3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-0620Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanThe need for ever faster and more efficient computation and communication devices has spurred interest in the field of all-optical modulators. Here a small-size hybrid plasmonic-photonic all-optical waveguide modulator utilizing a subwavelength Au&#x002F;VO<sub>2</sub> nanostructure is proposed as a high-modulation optically actuatable modulator. Using finite-difference-time-domain simulations, a nanoscale (320 nm &#x00D7; 300 nm cross-section) optimized modulator is designed. The modulator design has an extinction ratio as high as 26.85 dB&#x002F;&#x03BC;m, and a length of only 550 nm.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8219362/Nanophotonicsoptical waveguidesplasmons
spellingShingle J. Kenji Clark
Ya-Lun Ho
Hiroaki Matsui
Jean-Jacques Delaunay
Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
IEEE Photonics Journal
Nanophotonics
optical waveguides
plasmons
title Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
title_full Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
title_fullStr Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
title_full_unstemmed Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
title_short Optically Pumped Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Waveguide Modulator Using the VO2 Metal-Insulator Phase Transition
title_sort optically pumped hybrid plasmonic photonic waveguide modulator using the vo2 metal insulator phase transition
topic Nanophotonics
optical waveguides
plasmons
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8219362/
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