0.48Tb/s (12x40Gb/s) WDM transmission and high-quality thermo-optic switching in dielectric loaded plasmonics

D. Kalavrouziotis (1) , S. Papaioannou (2, 3) , G. Giannoulis (1) , D. Apostolopoulos (1) , Karim Hassan (4) , Laurent Markey (4) , Jean-Claude Weeber (4) , Alain Dereux (4) , A. Kumar (5) , S. I. Bozhevolnyi (5) , M. Baus (6) , M. Karl (6) , T. Tekin (6) , O. Tsilipakos (7) , A. Pitilakis (7) , E. E. Kriezis (7) , H. Avramopoulos (1) , K. Vyrsokinos (3) , N. Pleros (2, 3)

1 School of E.C.E - School of of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Athens]
2 School of Informatics [Thessaloniki]
3 CERTH - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
4 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
5 Univ So Denmark, Fac Engn, Inst Sensors Signals & Electrotech
6 Fraunhofer IZM - Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration
7 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering [Thessaloniki]

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 mu m-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 9nm wavelength shift and extinction ratio values higher than 10dB at both output ports when heated to 90 degrees C.

Mots clés: POLARITON WAVE-GUIDES; ON-CHIP; COMPONENTS; NETWORKS; SCALE; GOLD

D. Kalavrouziotis, S. Papaioannou, G. Giannoulis, D. Apostolopoulos, Karim Hassan, et al.. 0.48Tb/s (12x40Gb/s) WDM transmission and high-quality thermo-optic switching in dielectric loaded plasmonics. Optics Express, 2012, 20 (-), pp.7655-7662. ⟨10.1007/s10707-011-0133-8⟩. ⟨hal-00715922⟩