All-Optical Plasmonic Switches Based on Coupled Nano-disk Cavity Structures Containing Nonlinear Material |
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Authors: | Jin Tao Qi Jie Wang Xu Guang Huang |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Microelectronics, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, 639798, Singapore;(2) Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, 639798, Singapore;(3) Key laboratory of Photonic Information Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; |
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Abstract: | All-optical plasmonic switches based on a novel coupled nano-disk cavity configuration containing nonlinear material are proposed
and numerically investigated. The finite difference time domain simulation results reveal that the single-disk plasmonic structure
can operate as an “on–off” switch with the presence/absence of pumping light. We also demonstrate that the proposed T-shaped
plasmonic structure with two disk cavities can switch signal light from one port to another under an optical pumping light,
functioning as a bidirectional switch. The proposed nano-disk cavity plasmonic switches have many advantages such as compact
size, requirement of low pumping light intensity, and ultra-fast switching time at a femto-second scale, which are promising
for future integrated plasmonic devices for applications such as communications, signal processing, and sensing. |
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