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.
Plasmonic hybrids are introduced to replace photonic optical hybrids for coherent reception offering a compact footprint and a fabrication compatible with many electronic platforms relying only on metallic layer stacks. Simulations predict plasmonic hybrids with compact footprints of less than 1 µm2 and excess losses below 1 dB. In the experiment, we fabricated plasmonic hybrids with 1 µm2, excess losses of 3.3 dB, and excellent broadband performance for signals over more than 100 nm.
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