Symmetry breaking in plasmonic waveguides with metal nonlinearities

Author

Davoyan, Arthur R. ; Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Kivshar, Yuri S. ; Orenstein, Meir

Author_Institution

Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Recent advances in the study of subwavelength localization and guiding of light in metal-dielectric structures demonstrate promising applications of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) for a design of nanoscale integrated optical circuits. The ability to dynamically tune and control the SPP properties is of a key importance for the future applications of plasmonic devices. Utilizing nonlinear properties of plasmonic waveguides is an attractive approach for controlling light propagation at the nanoscale.

Keywords

integrated optics; light propagation; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmons; light guiding; light propagation; metal nonlinearities; metal-dielectric structures; nanoscale integrated optical circuits design; plasmonic devices; plasmonic waveguides; subwavelength localization; surface plasmon polaritons; Integrated optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943276

Filename

5943276