Small footprint nano-mechanical plasmonic phase modulators

Published

June 21, 2015

Author(s)

Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Brian S. Dennis, Michael Haftel, David Czaplewski, Daniel Lopez, Girsh Blumberg

Abstract

The authors’ recent Nature Photonics article titled “Compact Nano-Mechanical Plasmonic Phase Modulators” [1] is reviewed which reports a new phase modulation principle with experimental demonstration of a 23 μm long non-resonant modulator having 1.5 π rad range with 1.7 dB excess loss at 780 nm. Analysis showed that by decreasing all dimensions, a low loss ultra-compact π rad phase modulator is possible. Application of this type of nano-mechanical modulator in a miniature 2 x 2 switch is suggested and an optical design numerically validated. The footprint of the switch is 0.5 um x 2.5 um.

Proceedings Title

18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Conference Dates

June 21-25, 2015

Conference Location

Anchorage, AK

Conference Title

Transducers 2015

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

Plasmonics, nanomechanical, phase modulator, photonic switch, Mach-Zehnder, NEMS

Citation

Aksyuk, V. , Dennis, B. , Haftel, M. , Czaplewski, D. , Lopez, D. and Blumberg, G. (2015), Small footprint nano-mechanical plasmonic phase modulators, 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Anchorage, AK, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=918271 (Accessed October 10, 2025)