Title :
Scaling of the nonlinear response of metal/dielectric plasmonic waveguides
Author :
Baron, Alexandre ; Larouche, Stephane ; Gauthier, Daniel J. ; Smith, David R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Duke Univ., Duke, NC, USA
Abstract :
The scaling of the nonlinear response of a single-interface plasmonic waveguide is studied, where both the metal and dielectric display nonlinearity. We introduce a figure-of-merit that guides metal/dielectric nanophotonic device design for specific applications.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; plasmonics; figure-of-merit; metal-dielectric plasmonic waveguides; nanophotonic device design; nonlinear response scaling; single-interface plasmonic waveguide; Dielectrics; Gold; Nonlinear optical devices; Plasmons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
