DocumentCode
634352
Title
Nonlinear switching in plasmonic directional couplers
Author
Petracek, J.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Phys. Eng., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
fYear
2013
fDate
23-27 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We present a numerical study of all-optical switching in Kerr-nonlinear plasmonic directional couplers. We consider planar couplers that consist of two identical plasmonic slot waveguides and demonstrate the influence of geometrical and optical parameters on switching characteristics. Underlying physical mechanisms that affect the coupler performance are briefly discussed, too.
Keywords
optical Kerr effect; optical directional couplers; optical switches; optical waveguides; plasmonics; Kerr-nonlinear plasmonic directional couplers; all-optical switching; nonlinear switching; plasmonic slot waveguides; Couplers; Dielectrics; Nonlinear optics; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; all-optical switching; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; plasmonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cartagena
ISSN
2161-2056
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603069
Filename
6603069
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