Design and analysis of an optical one to two data distributor using plasmonic waveguide-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers

Abstract

This study designs an optimal optical 1 to 2 data distributor using a nonlinear optical effect within metal-insulator-metal plasmonic (MIM) waveguides based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. An optical source of 1550 nm and FDTD technique are utilized to design and simulate the proposed structure. The FDTD results are then validated using a MATLAB simulation of the design. The proposed design can be used in high-speed combinational circuits to distribute a given data to 2 n users.