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
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