title: Thermo-optic control of dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide components.
abstract: We report preliminary results on the development of compact (length < 100 microm) fiber-coupled dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide components, including Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs), waveguide-ring resonators (WRRs) and directional couplers (DCs), whose operation at telecom wavelengths is controlled via the thermo-optic effect by electrically heating the gold stripes of dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides. Strong output modulation (> 20%) is demonstrated with MZI- and WRR-based components, and efficient (approximately 30%) rerouting is achieved with DC switches.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics (SENSE), University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Allé 1, Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gosciniak
authors.forename: Sergey I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bozhevolnyi
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Valentyn S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Volkov
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kjelstrup-Hansen
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Markey
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dereux
mesh_terms: D017097:Electric Impedance; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013696:Temperature; D014159:Transducers