Plasmonic Modulators for Microwave Photonics Applications

We discuss the potential of ultrafast (>170 GHz) and ultra-compact (10s pm2) plasmonic modulators on silicon for microwave photonics applications, with emphasis on mm-wave and sub-THz wireless communications and signal processing.

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