Journal
MRS BULLETIN
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 728-738Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2012.170
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/I004343/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/I004343/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Emerging telecommunication and data routing applications anticipate a photonic roadmap leading to ultra-compact photonic integrated circuits. Consequently, photonic devices will soon have to meet footprint and efficiency requirements similar to their electronic counterparts calling for extreme capabilities to create, guide, modulate, and detect deep-subwavelength optical fields. For active devices such as modulators, this means fulfilling optical switching operations within light propagation distances of just a few wavelengths. Plasmonics, or metal optics, has emerged as one potential solution for integrated on-chip circuits that can combine both high operational speeds and ultra-compact architectures rivaling electronics in both speed and critical feature sizes. This article describes the current status, challenges, and future directions of the various components required to realize plasmonic integrated circuitry.
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