Plasmonic Electro-Optic Modulators based on Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials: Comparing the Classical Drift-Diffusion and Schrödinger-Poisson Coupling Models

Masoud Shabaninezhad, Hamid Mehrvar, Eric Bernier +2

We present the design, modeling, and optimization of high-performance plasmonic electro-optic modulators leveraging voltage-gated carrier density in indium tin oxide (ITO) where th…