DocumentCode
2798529
Title
Nonlinear plasmonic couplers
Author
Kusko, Cristian
Author_Institution
IMT-Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Volume
1
fYear
2012
fDate
15-17 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
143
Lastpage
146
Abstract
In this work we have numerically investigated by employing the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method the coupling between two metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) plasmonic waveguides supporting symmetric forward propagating fundamental modes, one of them presenting a Kerr non-linearity. A coupling analysis is performed in order to investigate the all - optical switching properties of this directional coupler. This analysis was performed for optimization of this coupler in terms of length, modal characteristics of the waveguides as well as the input power.
Keywords
directional couplers; finite difference time-domain analysis; optical couplers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; FDTD; Kerr non-linearity; all-optical switching; coupling analysis; directional coupler; finite difference time domain method; metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides; nonlinear plasmonic couplers; Directional couplers; Nonlinear optics; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2012 International
Conference_Location
Sinaia
ISSN
1545-857X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0737-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SMICND.2012.6400673
Filename
6400673
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