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Optica, Optics Express, 9(22), p. 11236, 2014

DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.011236

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Low-Power consumption Franz-Keldysh effect plasmonic modulator

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Abstract

In this paper we report on a low energy consumption CMOS-compatible plasmonic modulator based on Franz-Keldysh effect in germanium on silicon. We performed integrated electro-optical simulations in order to optimize the main characteristics of the modulator. A 3.3 dB extinction ratio for a 30 µm long modulator is demonstrated under 3 V bias voltage at an operation wavelength of 1647 nm. The estimated energy consumption is as low as 20 fJ/bit.