Plasmonic monolithic lithium niobate directional coupler switches

Lithium niobate is essential for electro-optic modulation, however, combining it with the attractive features of plasmonics is largely unexplored. Here, the authors demonstrate ultra-compact electrooptic switching with low voltage-length product, fast nonlinear response and low capacitance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Thomaschewski, Vladimir A. Zenin, Christian Wolff, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14539-y