We proposed an all-optical plasmonic switch based on metal-insulator-metal structures. We used the intrinsic nonlinear properties of gold to implement the switch. The proposed switch consists of a bus waveguide side coupled with a pair of asymmetric vertical cavities. We obtained the transmission spectrum of the structure for low input intensities. The results showed that a sharp dip occurs at the wavelength of 860 nm. Due to the nonlinear properties of gold and the nonlinear Kerr effects, the proposed switch has a high transmission ratio of about 0.8 mW / μm2 and a low threshold power of 0.07 mW / μm2. The threshold power of the structure with and without using the gold nanostructure shows a reduction of 50%. The result showed that the proposed switch has the potential to be applied in the plasmonic integration circuits. |
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Plasmonics
Gold
Signal intensity
All optical switching
Optical switching
Switches
Waveguides