Claudia Hoessbacher

TL;DR: A plasmonic Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with a flat frequency response exceeding 170 GHz is demonstrated and is relevant for next-generation optical interconnects.

TL;DR: It is shown that EO coefficients as large as 190 pm/V can be obtained in 150 nm wide plasmonic slot waveguides but that the coefficients decrease for narrower slots, and record-low voltage-length products are shown for slot widths in the order of 50 nm for the materials JRD1 and DLD164.

TL;DR: This demonstration ultimately shows how plasmonics can be used to control both phase and amplitude of an optical carrier on the microscale with reasonably low losses.

TL;DR: An integrated microwave phoneeded for beamtonics phased array antenna feeder at 60 GHz with a record-low footprint based on ultra-compact plasmonic phase modulators that not only provide small size but also ultra-fast tuning speed is demonstrated.

TL;DR: It is concluded that TiN based waveguides sustaining intermediate effective index (in the range 1.05-1.25) plasmon modes propagate over very short distances restricting the the use of those modes in practical situations.