Thin Plasmonic Grating for All-Optical Switching

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2012-06-17

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Bloemer, M. J.; Mattiucci, Nadia; D’Aguanno, Giuseppe; Thin Plasmonic Grating for All-Optical Switching; Advanced Photonics Congress OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper JTu5A.20; https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=SOF-2012-JTu5A.20

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Abstract

We utilize narrow Fano-like resonances in gratings composed of metal films that support long range surface plasmons to provide all-optical switching with low input powers. Switching is illustrated for a grating embedded in chalcogenide glass.