A Study of Metallic Photonic Nanowires Made from Photonic Crystals

We have studied the effect of the plasmons on the optoelectronic properties of metallic photonic nanowires. The metallic wires are made from a dielectric photonic crystal and a metallic photonic crystal where the later is embedded into the former. The bound photon states are present in the metallic photonic wire. An ensemble of three-level nanoparticles is doped into the metallic photonic crystal. A transparent state is found in the system due to the nanoparticles and the bound photons coupling. This state can be switched to a new position by changing the plasmon frequency of metallic photonic crystal. This mechanism can be used to make new types of optoelectronic devices.