Photoconductively loaded plasmonic nanoantenna as building block for ultracompact optical switches

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1741-1746

  Large, Nicolas ^a,b   Abb, Martina ^c   Aizpurua, Javier ^a   Muskens, Otto L ^c  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoantennas; Nanoparticles; Plasmonics; Ultrafast switches

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RESPONSE; ANTENNA SWITCHES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CONDUCTIVE COUPLING; FAR-FIELD; FREE CARRIER DENSITY; LARGE MODULATION DEPTH; METAL NANORODS; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPHOTONIC CIRCUITS; NANOSWITCH; NEAR-FIELD INTENSITY; NEW CONCEPT; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM INFORMATION DEVICE; SWITCHING THRESHOLDS; TIME RESPONSE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRA-FAST OPTICAL SWITCHES; ULTRAFAST SWITCHES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; NANORODS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TIME SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77952341029     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1001636     Document Type: Article

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