Title :
Optical control of photon tunneling through an array of nanometer scale cylindrical channels
Author :
Smolyaninov, I.I. ; Zayats, A.V. ; Stanishevsky, A. ; Davis, C.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., MD, USA
Abstract :
Photon tunneling gated by light at a different wavelength in an artificially created array of nanometer scale cylindrical channels in a thick gold film is described. This observation suggests the possibility of building a new class of "gated" photon tunneling devices for massive parallel all-optical signal and image processing.
Keywords :
gold; metallic thin films; micro-optics; multiwave mixing; nanostructured materials; optical arrays; optical films; quantum optics; Au; all-optical signal processing; gated photon tunneling devices; image processing; nanometer scale cylindrical channels; optical control; photon tunneling; thick gold film; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.237937
