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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 24(99), p. 241110

DOI: 10.1063/1.3670500

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Thermo-optic plasmo-photonic mode interference switches based on dielectric loaded waveguides

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Abstract

We demonstrate an efficient thermo-optic dielectric loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguide (DLSPPW) 2 × 2 switch using a high thermo-optic coefficient polymer and a dual mode interference configuration. Unlike previous configurations relying on single-mode waveguide circuitry, the switch we consider is based on the interference between a plasmonic and a low-damping photonic mode of the DLSPPW, thus leading to the minimization of insertion losses of the device. Switching extinction ratios of 7 dB are measured for a compact 119 μm-long device. The overall device performances are in good agreement with numerical simulations performed using the beam propagation method.