Controlling light with plasmon-plasmon interaction

Author

Akimov, Yu.A. ; Chu, Hong Son

Author_Institution

Electron. & Photonics Dept., Inst. of High Performance Comput., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2012

fDate

13-16 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The localized coupling of surface and bulk plasmons maintained by inhomogeneity of the charge density distribution can significantly modify the waveguiding properties of a plasma-like medium. It is demonstrated that the electrically induced bulk plasmon resonance can efficiently modulate the traveling surface plasmon polaritons. This approach is shown to have a high potential for light manipulation and development of an electro-optical plasmonic modulator with a high modulation response.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; nanophotonics; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; bulk plasmons; charge density distribution; electrically induced bulk plasmon resonance; electro-optical plasmonic modulator; light control; light manipulation; localized coupling; plasma like media; plasmon-plasmon interaction; surface plasmons; traveling surface plasmon polariton; waveguiding propertiy; Modulation; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Surface impedance; Surface waves; amplitude modulation; bulk plasmon resonance; plasmon polaritons; plasmon-plasmon interaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2513-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PGC.2012.6458034

Filename

6458034