• DocumentCode
    2261623
  • Title

    Optically controlled ultrafast enhanced transmission from a sub-wavelength aperture in a planar metal film

  • Author

    Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Rotenberg, Nir ; Van Driel, Henry M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We theoretically propose an ultrafast optical technique to control light emerging from a sub-wavelength aperture in a planar metal film through surface plasmon excitation by a transient-thermal grating.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; metallic thin films; surface plasmons; optically controlled ultrafast enhanced transmission; planar metal film; subwavelength aperture; surface plasmon excitation; transient-thermal grating; ultrafast optical technique; Apertures; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical films; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951525
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2261623