21 July 2023 Plasmonic switch based on asymmetric cavities with embedding square of gold inside the cavities
Majid Ghadrdan, Mojtaba Shahraki, Mohammad Ali Mansouri-Birjandi
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Abstract

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.

© 2023 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Majid Ghadrdan, Mojtaba Shahraki, and Mohammad Ali Mansouri-Birjandi "Plasmonic switch based on asymmetric cavities with embedding square of gold inside the cavities," Journal of Nanophotonics 17(3), 036004 (21 July 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.17.036004
Received: 6 March 2023; Accepted: 11 July 2023; Published: 21 July 2023
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KEYWORDS
Plasmonics

Gold

Signal intensity

All optical switching

Optical switching

Switches

Waveguides

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