Ultrafast all-optical switching in nanoplasmonic waveguide with Kerr nonlinear resonator

Opt Express. 2011 Feb 14;19(4):2910-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.002910.

Abstract

A novel ultrafast all-optical switching based on metal-insulator-metal nanoplasmonic waveguide with a Kerr nonlinear resonator is proposed and investigated numerically. With the finite-difference time-domain simulations, it is demonstrated that an obvious optical bistability of the signal light appears by varying the control-light intensity, and an excellent switching effect is achieved. This bistability originates from the intensity-dependent change induced in the dielectric constant of Kerr nonlinear material filled in the nanodisk resonator. It is found that the proposed all-optical switching exhibits femtosecond-scale feedback time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't