Title :
Ultrafast switching of light into surface plasmons: an active grating coupler
Author :
Rotenberg, Nir ; Betz, Markus ; Caspers, Jan N. ; Van Driel, Henry M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Near-infrared pump/visible probe measurements on gold gratings demonstrate picosecond control of grating assisted coupling to surface plasmon polaritons. On-off switching ratios as large as 5.3 dB are possible.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; high-speed optical techniques; optical couplers; optical switches; polaritons; surface plasmons; Au; active grating coupler; gold gratings; near-infrared measurements; on-off switching ratios; picosecond control; pump-visible probe measurements; surface plasmon polaritons; surface plasmons; ultrafast switching; Gratings; Heating; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
