• DocumentCode
    2388006
  • Title

    Design of a kerr effect based terahertz all-optical switch using metallic nanocomposite metamaterial structure

  • Author

    Hajizadegan, M. ; Sakhdari, M. ; Ahmadi, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran, Iran
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-26 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we propose a new feasible split ring resonators (SRR) metamaterial structure that can be used for all-optical switch in terahertz frequency range. We use metallic nanocomposite as nonlinear material for Kerr effect based switch that makes it low threshold and high speed switch. Our results show a tunable frequency switch because of SRR metamaterial structure dimensions and metallic nanocomposite parameters.
  • Keywords
    nanocomposites; optical Kerr effect; optical metamaterials; optical resonators; optical switches; SRR metamaterial structure dimensions; kerr effect based terahertz all-optical switch design; metallic nanocomposite metamaterial structure; metallic nanocomposite parameters; nonlinear material; split ring resonators; tunable frequency switch; Kerr effect; SRR metamaterial; all-optical switch; metal nanocomposite; terahertz;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Millimeter -Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT), 2012 Second Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tehran
  • ISSN
    2157-0965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4954-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMWaTT.2012.6532154
  • Filename
    6532154