• DocumentCode
    1770228
  • Title

    Latching plasmonic switch with high extinction ratio

  • Author

    Hoessbacher, Claudia ; Fedoryshyn, Yuriy ; Emboras, Alexandros ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Melikyan, Argishti ; Kohl, Michael ; Sommer, Martin ; Hafner, Christian ; Leuthold, Juerg

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electromagn. Fields (IFH), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a plasmonic latching switch (5 μm long) at 1550 nm with a 6 dB extinction ratio. It exploits the reversible formation of conducting nanofilaments in a plasmonic waveguide. It maintains its state without any power consumption.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical switches; nanophotonics; optical waveguides; plasmonics; Au-SiO2-ITO; SiO2 insulator; conducting nanofilaments; electro-optical measurements; high extinction ratio; plasmonic latching switch; plasmonic waveguide; reversible formation; size 5 mum; wavelength 1550 nm; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988810
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1770228