Modeling and experimental realization of nanoantenna hybrid optical switching devices

Martina Abb; Otto L. Muskens

doi:10.1117/12.894899

20 September 2011 Modeling and experimental realization of nanoantenna hybrid optical switching devices

Martina Abb, Otto L. Muskens

Proceedings Volume 8096, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties IX; 809617 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894899
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We explore new types of plasmonic nanoantennas hybridized with semiconductor and metal oxide active materials to achieve controllable plasmonic switches. Theoretically, the response of the active material is tuned through the free carrier density, and the optical response of a rectangular dimer antenna with a photoconductive gap loading is simulated using a COMSOL finite element numerical model. We describe the experimental realization of plasmonic antenna hybrids using an indium tin oxide (ITO) active medium.

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Martina Abb and Otto L. Muskens "Modeling and experimental realization of nanoantenna hybrid optical switching devices", Proc. SPIE 8096, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties IX, 809617 (20 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894899

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