Sharp and asymmetric transmission response in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides containing Kerr nonlinear media

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Zhong, Zhi Jian ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Lan, Sheng ^a   Dai, Qiao Feng ^a   Wu, Li Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; ASYMMETRIC TRANSMISSIONS; FABRY-PEROT; FINITE LENGTH; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; KERR NONLINEAR MEDIUM; LINE SHAPE; LOW POWER; NANO SCALE; NANO-CAVITIES; NON-LINEAR MEDIA; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMISSION RESPONSE; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 73549125468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000079     Document Type: Review

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