• DocumentCode
    1770230
  • Title

    Compact multisection cavity switches in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides

  • Author

    Dastmalchi, Pouya ; Veronis, Georgios

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We introduce a compact absorption switch consisting of a plasmonic metal-dielectric-metal waveguide coupled to a multisection cavity. The optimized multisection cavity switch leads to greatly enhanced modulation depth compared to an optimized Fabry-Perot cavity switch.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; plasmonics; compact absorption switch; compact multisection cavity switches; metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides; modulation depth; optimized Fabry-Perot cavity switch; Cavity resonators; Fabry-Perot; Modulation; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988811