All-optical absorption switches in subwavelength metal-dielectricmetal plasmonic waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7394, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Min, Changjun ^a   Veronis, Georgios ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guided waves; Optical switching devices; Surface Plasmons

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACTIVE MATERIAL; ALL-OPTICAL; COMPACT DESIGNS; COUPLED CAVITY; GUIDED WAVES; IMAGINARY PARTS; MODULATION DEPTH; OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ABSORPTION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASMONS; PUMPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 70449353768     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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