Control of Fano asymmetry in plasmon induced transparency and its application to plasmonic waveguide modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 18994-18999

  Piao, Xianji ^a   Yu, Sunkyu ^a   Park, Namkyoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEPARATION; TRANSPARENCY;

ASYMMETRY FACTOR; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FREQUENCY SEPARATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; KEY PARAMETERS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; MODE QUALITY; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; TUNABLE FREQUENCY;

MIM DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865595363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018994     Document Type: Article

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