Numerical demonstration of all-optical switching in dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polaritonic crystals with a defect mode

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yuan, G H ^a,c   Yuan, X C ^b   Zhang, D G ^a,c   Wang, P ^c   Ming, H ^c   Mei, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICES; DEFECT MODE; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; NONLINEAR DEFECTS; PEAK INTENSITY; PICOSECONDS; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP PULSE; RADIATIVE LOSS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; SWITCHING EFFICIENCY; SWITCHING TIME; TIME DURATION;

CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; PUMPS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLIDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 70449379091     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/8/085005     Document Type: Article

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