Title :
Silicon based Ultrafast active plasmonics near 1.5 μm
Author :
Caspers, Jan Niklas ; Rotenberg, Nir ; Van Driel, Henry M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Light plasmon coupling resonances near 1.5 μm are optically shifted by nearly 50 nm on a gold-coated silicon grating for 800 fs, 775 nm excitation; recovery occurs in ~70 ps.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; plasmonics; silicon; surface plasmon resonance; Si-Au; gold-coated silicon grating; light plasmon coupling resonance; surface plasmon polariton; time 800 fs; wavelength 775 nm; Couplings; Gratings; Modulation; Numerical models; Plasmons; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4