Title :
Nonlinear switching in plasmonic directional couplers
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. Eng., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
We present a numerical study of all-optical switching in Kerr-nonlinear plasmonic directional couplers. We consider planar couplers that consist of two identical plasmonic slot waveguides and demonstrate the influence of geometrical and optical parameters on switching characteristics. Underlying physical mechanisms that affect the coupler performance are briefly discussed, too.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical directional couplers; optical switches; optical waveguides; plasmonics; Kerr-nonlinear plasmonic directional couplers; all-optical switching; nonlinear switching; plasmonic slot waveguides; Couplers; Dielectrics; Nonlinear optics; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; all-optical switching; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; plasmonics;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603069
