Title :
Integrated electrochromic nanoplasmonic optical switch
Author :
Agrawal, Ankit ; Susut, Ceren ; Stafford, Gery ; McMorran, Ben ; Lezec, Henri ; Talin, A. Alec
Author_Institution :
Center forNanoscale Sci. & Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate active switching of light through a nanoslit based plasmonic devices using electrochromic Prussian blue nanocrystals, and achieve large (-95%) transmission modulation by switching the nanocrystals between oxidized and reduced states.
Keywords :
integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical switches; plasmonics; electrochromic Prussian blue nanocrystals; integrated electrochromic nanoplasmonic optical switch; nanoslit based plasmonic devices; oxidized states; reduced states; Electrodes; Gold; Modulation; Nanocrystals; Nanoscale devices; Optical switches; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
