• DocumentCode
    1770225
  • Title

    Active plasmonics with surface acoustic waves: Dynamic electro-mechanical control over a surface plasmon polariton launcher

  • Author

    Ruppert, Claudia ; Forster, Frederike ; Zrenner, Artur ; Kinzel, Joerg B. ; Wixforth, Achim ; Krenner, Hubert J. ; Betz, Markus

  • Author_Institution
    Exp. Phys. 2, Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    500 MHz surface acoustic waves travel across a commensurate plasmonic grating coupler. A stroboscopic optical technique shows that the dynamic surface deformation deliberately modulates the coupler´s efficiency by +/-2% during the ~ 2ns acoustic cycle.
  • Keywords
    acousto-optical modulation; deformation; diffraction gratings; electromechanical effects; optical couplers; plasmonics; polaritons; stroboscopes; surface acoustic wave couplers; surface plasmons; acoustic cycle; active plasmonics; commensurate plasmonic grating coupler; coupler efficiency; dynamic electromechanical control; dynamic surface deformation; frequency 500 MHz; stroboscopic optical technique; surface acoustic waves; surface plasmon polariton launcher; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Surface acoustic waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988809