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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

The plasmonic BTO-on-SiN platform - beyond 200 GBd modulation for optical communications.

Manuel Kohli, Daniel Chelladurai, Laurenz Kulmer, Tobias Blatter, Yannik Horst, Killian Keller, Michael Doderer, Joel Winiger, David Moor, Andreas Messner and 6 more

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Manuel KohliETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland. mkohli@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5528-5352
Daniel ChelladuraiETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3877-600X
Laurenz KulmerETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tobias BlatterETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Yannik HorstETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Killian KellerETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-8400
Michael DodererETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Joel WinigerETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
David MoorETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-4604
Andreas MessnerETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tatiana BuriakovaLigentec SA, Ecublens, Switzerland.
Clarissa ConvertinoLumiphase AG, Stäfa, Switzerland.
Felix EltesLumiphase AG, Stäfa, Switzerland.
Yuriy FedoryshynETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ueli KochETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-2146
Juerg LeutholdETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields, Zurich, Switzerland. Leuthold@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0111-8169

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An integrated photonics platform that offers high-speed modulators in addition to low-loss and versatile passive components is highly sought after for different applications ranging from AI to next-generation Tbit/s links in optical fiber communication. For this purpose, we introduce the plasmonic BTO-on-SiN platform for high-speed electro-optic modulators. This platform combines the advantages provided by low-loss silicon nitride (SiN) photonics with the highly nonlinear barium titanate (BTO) as the active material. Nanoscale plasmonics enables high-speed modulators operating at electro-optical bandwidths up to 110 GHz with active lengths as short as 5 µm. Here, we demonstrate three different modulators: a 256 GBd C-band Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator, a 224 GBd C-band IQ modulator - being both the first BTO IQ and the first IQ modulator on SiN for data communication - and finally, a 200 GBd O-band racetrack (RT) modulator. With this approach we show record data rates of 448 Gbit/s with the IQ modulator and 340 Gbit/s with the MZ modulator. Furthermore, we demonstrate the first plasmonic RT modulator with BTO and how it is ideally suited for low complexity communication in the O-band with low device loss of 2 dB. This work leverages the SiN platform and shows the potential of this technology to serve as a solution to combat the ever-increasing demand for fast modulators.

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PMCPMC12705825

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