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Active plasmonics in WDM traffic switching applications.

Sotirios Papaioannou1, Dimitrios Kalavrouziotis, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos

  • 1Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. sopa@csd.auth.gr

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This study demonstrates the smallest active plasmonic switch for Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) applications. This breakthrough enables low-power, fast, and compact optical switching for future telecom and datacom networks.

Area of Science:

  • Photonics and optical engineering
  • Nanotechnology and materials science
  • Integrated optics

Background:

  • Plasmonics offers energy-efficient platforms for integrating optical links and electronic processing.
  • Active Dielectric-Loaded Surface Plasmon Polariton (DLSPP) thermo-optic (TO) switches have shown promise for low-power active circuitry.
  • Previous work demonstrated single-channel 10 Gb/s DLSPP TO switches for practical traffic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce active plasmonics into Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) switching applications.
  • To develop and demonstrate the smallest reported TO DLSPP-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch.
  • To showcase the feasibility of low-power and fast switching for WDM systems.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of the smallest active DLSPP-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch.

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  • Integration of the switch into a WDM system.
  • Testing the switch's performance in 4x10 Gb/s data traffic environments.

    • Main Results:

    • Successful demonstration of the smallest TO DLSPP-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch.
    • Achieved 4x10 Gb/s low-power and fast switching operation.
    • Validated WDM-enabling characteristics with an ultra-low power-response time product.

    Conclusions:

    • Active plasmonic circuits are suitable for WDM switching applications.
    • The developed switch represents a significant advancement towards practical telecom and datacom solutions.
    • This work paves the way for energy-efficient and compact active plasmonic devices for high-speed optical communication.