Plasmonic IQ modulators with attojoule per bit electrical energy consumption

Increasing bandwidth demands in optical communications requires components to be compact with energy-efficient operation. Here, the authors demonstrate plasmonic IQ modulators on a silicon photonics platform with phase shifters, operating with sub-1V electronics at 100 GBaud and low electrical energ...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Heni, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Claudia B. Hoessbacher, Andreas Messner, Christian Haffner, Tatsuhiko Watanabe, Yannick Salamin, Ueli Koch, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Juerg Leuthold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09724-7