Modeling and Performance Enhancement of Active Hybrid Plasmonic Electro-optic Routing Switch
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This paper produces a more compact and efficient design for hybrid plasmonic 2 × 2 electro-optic routing switch, with aid of an active material that has an electrically tunable permittivity, and discusses its ability for realizing more advanced structures. The proposed 2 × 2 electro-optic switch, with foot print of 11.6 μm2 and switching time of 0.949 pS, satisfies transmission values (coupling efficiency) less than 7% at OFF state and greater than 75% at ON state at the telecommunication wavelength. This design is used as a base unit to realize two advanced structures: (a) the 3 × 3 switching matrix, with a foot print of 47–49 μm2, which satisfies transmission greater than 60% at ON states and transmission less than 10% at OFF states, and (b) the 4 × 4 switching matrix, with a foot print of 88 μm2, which satisfies transmission greater than 70% at ON states and transmission less than 5% at OFF states. The obtained results have a validation with older researches. A 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solver is employed to simulate and characterize the realized structures. The components would be useful in the optical interconnect networks, photonic integrated circuits, and signal processing system.
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OpenAlex topics: Photonic and Optical Devices · Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research · Photonic Crystals and Applications
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