• DocumentCode
    2260957
  • Title

    Slow-light enhanced absorption switches in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides

  • Author

    Min, Changjun ; Veronis, Georgios

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Comput. & Technol., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We introduce slow-light enhanced absorption switches in subwavelength metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides. Both decent modulation depth and moderate insertion loss can be achieved in such switches by small induced changes in refractive index.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; slow light; enhanced absorption switches; insertion loss; metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides; modulation depth; refractive index; slow-light; Absorption; Insertion loss; Metals; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951495
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2260957