Nanophotonics under a scanning electron microscope: Studying resonator-less all-optical switching and memory functionality in gallium nanoparticles

Author

MacDonald, K.F. ; Bashevoy, M.V. ; Denisyuk, A.I. ; Jonsson, F. ; Soares, B.F. ; Zheludev, N.I.

Author_Institution

EPSRC Nanophotonics Portfolio Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Light- and electron beam-induced structural transformations in nanoparticles of polymorphic metals provide a paradigm for achieving resonator-less all-optical switching and optical memory functionality with picojoule energy requirements.

Keywords

gallium; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical storage; optical switches; polymorphic transformations; scanning electron microscopy; Ga; electron beams; light beams; memory function; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; picojoule energy; polymorphic metal; resonatorless all optical switching; scanning electron microscope; structural transformation; Electron optics; Nanoparticles; Nanophotonics; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Scanning electron microscopy; Ultrafast optics; (190.3970) Microparticle nonlinear optics; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629125

Filename

4629125