title: Ultrafast all-optical modulation in silicon-based nanoplasmonic devices.
abstract: A five-layer silicon-based nanoplasmonic waveguiding structure is proposed for ultrafast all-optical modulation and switching applications. Ultrafast nonlinear phase and amplitude modulation is achieved via photo-generated free carrier dynamics in ion-implanted silicon using above-bandgap femtosecond pump pulses. Both an analytical model and rigorous numerical simulations of the structures have shown that a switching time of 5 ps and an on-off contrast of 35 dB can be achieved in these devices.
authors: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. elezzabi@ece.ualberta.ca
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