• DocumentCode
    1690475
  • Title

    Subwavelength plasmonic directional couplers for nonlinear switching and wavelength division

  • Author

    Kriesch, Arian ; Ploss, Daniel ; Wen, Jing ; Banzer, Peter ; Peschel, Ulf

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Opt. & Nanophotonics, Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Plasmonic gap waveguides allow for subwavelength integration of optical circuitry. A side effect is extraordinarily high field enhancement. Here we present experimental and numeric results, which indicate nonlinear switching in a directional coupler.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical directional couplers; optical switches; optical waveguides; plasmonics; extraordinarily high field enhancement; nonlinear switching; optical circuitry; plasmonic gap waveguides; subwavelength integration; subwavelength plasmonic directional couplers; wavelength division; Couplings; Directional couplers; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327055
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1690475