Design of a Plasmonic Absorption Electro-optical Modulator Based on n-doped Silicon and Barium Titanate

Abstract: In this paper, a numerical solution for a plasmonic absorption modulator is presented with a six-layer structure consisting of an air superstrate, a gold layer, a barium titanate layer, a n type silicon layer, a gold layer and a thin-shell nanolattice aluminium oxide substrate. Regarding the suggested structure, the parameters related to the absorption modulation are investigated at different thicknesses. Here, the Pockels effect and the free carrier dispersion effect are considered simultaneously. The dispersion relation of this structure is analytically obtained and numerically solved by the Nelder-Mead method. The maximum calculated figure of merit is 12.79. Furthermore, according to our results, it is understood that this modulator has a high ability to be utilized in optical communication systems. Also, it could be integrated to the microelectronic systems and it is compatible with CMOS technology.