基于偏置纳米线的石墨烯表面等离激元调制器

开发高性能的电光调制器对于构建片上光子回路非常重要.鉴于纳米线结构具备独特的电场横向束缚特点,设计一种基于纳米线的混合表面等离激元波导电光调制器,该调制器由偏置双硅纳米线、双石墨烯层以及置于双石墨烯层之间的银纳米线构成.利用二维时域有限差分算法计算分析结构参数对器件调制性能的影响.模拟结果表明,所设计的调制器在1550 nm的工作波长下可以实现较为出色的调制性能,其3 dB调制带宽高达250 GHz,调制深度和功耗分别高于0.15 dB/μm和低于11.5 fJ/bit,该调制器可为新一代高性能集成电光调制器的开发提供设计思路.     

Polarization and structure dependent optical characteristics of the three-arm nanoantenna with C_(3v) symmetry and broken symmetry

The optical properties of a three-arm plasmonic nanoantenna with and without broken symmetry were analyzed in detail. For the symmetrical structure, the local electric field can be significantly enhanced and well confined within the feed gap, whilst the extinction spectrum illustrates polarization independence. With broken symmetry, multi-wavelength resonances are observed due to the single dipole resonance and dipole–dipole coupling effect, and wide tunability is also available through minor structural adjustment. Especially when illuminated by a circularly polarized light beam, the extinction and the electric field distribution can be effectively modulated by just varying the incident wavelength.