title: Simulation study of surface-plasmon-resonance electro-optic light modulator based on a polymer grating coupler.
abstract: An electro-optic light modulator design based on a grating-coupled surface-plasmon-resonance structure is numerically investigated using finite-difference time-domain simulation. The thickness effect of a dielectric layer acting as a waveguide on metal structures is investigated. The results show that the new structure has much higher modulation index than the conventional one and can implement an electro-optic modulator with low operating voltage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electro-Optics Engineering, National Formosa University, 64 Wenhua Road, Huwei,Yunlin, Taiwan. wkkuo@nfu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Wen-Kai
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Meng-Ting
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Chen