Title :
Active plasmonics: Current status
Author :
MacDonald, K.F. ; Samson, Z.L. ; Zheludev, N.I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Techniques for active modulation and control of plasmonic signals in future highly-integrated nanophotonic devices have advanced rapidly in recent years, with recent innovations extending performance limits into the technologically relevant terahertz frequency and femtojoule-per-bit switching energy domains.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; plasmonics; active modulation; active plasmonics; highly-integrated nanophotonic devices; plasmonic signals; Biomedical optical imaging; Electron optics; Nanoscale devices; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical sensors; Photonics; Plasmons; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343460
