All-optical logic gates based on nanoscale plasmonic slot waveguides

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5784-5790

  Fu, Yulan ^a   Hu, Xiaoyong ^a   Lu, Cuicui ^a   Yue, Song ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

all optical logic gates; linear interference effect; plasmonic slot waveguide; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

830 NM LASERS; ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTRAST RATIO; HIGH INTENSITY; LATERAL DIMENSION; LINEAR INTERFERENCE; LOGIC STATE; MINIATURE DEVICES; NANO SCALE; ON-CHIP APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PHASE DIFFERENCE; PLASMONIC; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOGIC GATES; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84869161772     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl303095s     Document Type: Article

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