Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry

Krasavin, Alexey V.; Randhawa, Sukanya; Bouillard, Jean Sebastien; Renger, Jan; Quidant, Romain; Zayats, Anatoly V.

Abstract

We demonstrate both experimentally and numerically a compact and efficient, optically tuneable plasmonic component utilizing a surface plasmon polariton ring resonator with nonlinearity based on trans-cis isomerization in a polymer material. We observe more than 3-fold change between high and low transmission states of the device at milliwatt control powers (∼100 W/cm2 by intensity), with the performance limited by switching speed of the material. Such plasmonic components can be employed in optically programmable and reconfigurable integrated photonic circuitry.

Citation

Krasavin, A. V., Randhawa, S., Bouillard, J. S., Renger, J., Quidant, R., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry. Optics express, 19(25), 25222-25229. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.025222

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 23, 2011
• Publication Date: Dec 5, 2011
• Deposit Date: May 6, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 18, 2020
• Journal: Optics Express
• Print ISSN: 1094-4087
• Publisher: Optica
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 25222-25229
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.025222
• Keywords: Nonlinear optics; Integrated optics; Components; Plasmonics
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1857179
• Publisher URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-19-25-25222