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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
