2011/07/26 by A. V. Malyshev, Malyshev, A. V., В. А. Малышев +3
Engineering · Materials Science · #FOS: Physical sciences #Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic and Optical Devices #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1107.5247
openalex publication_date 2011/07/26 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We show that interference can be the principle of operation of an all-optical switch and other nanoscale plasmonic interference devices (PIDs). The optical response of two types of planar plasmonic waveguides is studied theoretically: bent chains and Y-shaped configurations of closely-spaced metallic nanospheres. We study symmetric Y-shape arrays as an example of an all-optical switch and demonstrate that effective phase- and amplitude-sensitive control of the output signal can be achieved due to interference effects.