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Tiny component for record-breaking bandwidth
A modulator developed by researchers from ETH Zurich has broken the terahertz mark. The ultrafast component efficiently transmits large volumes of data into the fibre-optic network in a short space of time.
Optica Names Prof. Juerg Leuthold the 2025 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize Recipient
Optica (formerly OSA), the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in in the science of light, awards Prof. Juerg Leuthold the 2025 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize. Prof. Leuthold, head of the Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), is honored for pioneering plasmonics based devices and in particular developing broadband modulators and detectors with highest bandwidths.
Hande Ibili has won Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Award at the FIO+LS Conference 2024.
The Emil Wolf prize recognizes the innovation, research and presentation excellence of students presenting their work during Frontiers in Optics (FiO). Her name has been added to the list of Emil Wolf prize winners! Her paper presents an amplifier-free on-chip antenna-integrated plasmonic modulator receiver in sub-THz regime. A framework for designing plasmonic antennas and transmission of up to 80Gbit/s in a wireless sub-THz link starring these receivers are shown. Our sincere congratulations!
Editor's Pick: Plasmonic Devices – Tiny Plasmonic Hybrid Receivers
The paper has been selected by the Optics Express Editors to be highlighted as "Editor's Picks". A recognition that serves "to highlight articles with excellent scientific quality and are representative of the work taking place in a specific field". We thank the editor for this acclaim and congratulate Michael Baumann and the team for the work.
Tobias Blatter has won Student Paper Award at the 50th ECOC Conference 2024.
His paper demonstrates plasmonic ring resonator modulators operating at 480Gbit/s with an achievable information rate (AIR) of 461Gbit/s in an intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) experiment. The modulator features low insertion loss of 1.2 dB, a flat bandwidth in excess of 110 GHz. Our sincere congratulations!