Broadband Sub-{\lambda} GHz ITO Plasmonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator on Silicon Photonics

Abstract

Here, we demonstrate a spectrally broadband, GHz-fast Mach-Zehnder interferometeric modulator, exhibiting a miniscule VpL of 95 V-um, deploying a sub-wavelength short electrostatically tunable plasmonic phase-shifter, based on heterogeneously integrated ITO thin films into silicon photonics.