Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes

Cillian PT McPolin; Nicolas Olivier; Jean-Sebastien Bouillard; Daniel O'Connor; Alexey V Krasavin; Wayne Dickson; Gregory A Wurtz; Anatoly V Zayats

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.237

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Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes

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- Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes
- Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes
- LSA 2017年6卷第2期
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
  2.Present address: University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
  3.Present address: University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
  4.Present address: National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK
  5.Present address: University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
- Author bio：
  
  C McPolin, Email: cillian.mcpolin@kcl.ac.uk
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.237
  中图分类号：
- 纸质出版日期：2017-06，
  
  网络出版日期：2016-09-28，
  
  收稿日期：2016-04-23，
  
  修回日期：2016-09-14，
  
  录用日期：2016-09-26
- Accepted：
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Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes[J]. LSA, 2017,6(2).

McPolin, C. P. T. et al. Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16237 (2017).
Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes[J]. LSA, 2017,6(2). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.237.

McPolin, C. P. T. et al. Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e16237 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.237.

摘要

Abstract

We propose and investigate

both experimentally and theoretically

a novel mechanism for switching and modulating plasmonic signals based on a Fano interference process

which arises from the coupling between a narrow-band optical Fabry–Pérot cavity and a surface plasmon polariton (SPP) source. The SPP wave emitted from the cavity is actively modulated in the vicinity of the cavity resonances by altering the cavity Q-factor and/or resonant frequencies. We experimentally demonstrate dynamic SPP modulation both by mechanical control of the cavity length and all-optically by harnessing the ultrafast nonlinearity of the Au mirrors that form the cavity. An electro-optical modulation scheme is also proposed and numerically illustrated. Dynamic operation of the switch via mechanical means yields a modulation in the SPP coupling efficiency of ~80%

while the all-optical control provides an ultrafast modulation with an efficiency of 30% at a rate of ~0.6 THz. The experimental observations are supported by both analytical and numerical calculations of the mechanical

all-optical and electro-optical modulation methods.

关键词

Keywords

Fano resonancesoptical signal processingplasmonicsultrafast switching

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