• DocumentCode
    732691
  • Title

    Scaling of the nonlinear response of metal/dielectric plasmonic waveguides

  • Author

    Baron, Alexandre ; Larouche, Stephane ; Gauthier, Daniel J. ; Smith, David R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Duke Univ., Duke, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The scaling of the nonlinear response of a single-interface plasmonic waveguide is studied, where both the metal and dielectric display nonlinearity. We introduce a figure-of-merit that guides metal/dielectric nanophotonic device design for specific applications.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; plasmonics; figure-of-merit; metal-dielectric plasmonic waveguides; nanophotonic device design; nonlinear response scaling; single-interface plasmonic waveguide; Dielectrics; Gold; Nonlinear optical devices; Plasmons; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183127