Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (8): 088501    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/8/088501
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
Double-Teeth-Shaped Plasmonic Waveguide Electro-Optical Switches
ZHU Jia-Hu, HUANG Xu-Guang**, MEI Xian
Key laboratory of Photonic Information Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006
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ZHU Jia-Hu, HUANG Xu-Guang, MEI Xian 2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 088501
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Abstract An electro-optical switch based on a plasmonic T-shaped waveguide structure with a double-teeth-shaped waveguide filled with 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-4-stilbazolium tosylate is proposed and numerically investigated. The Finite-difference time domain simulation results reveal that the structure can operate as a circuit switch by controlling the external voltages V1 and/or V2. The proposed structure can also operate as a variable optical attenuator, which can continuously attenuate the power of a light beam from 6 dB to 30 dB by an external electrical field. The structure is of small size of a few hundred nanometers. Our results may open a possibility to construct nanoscale high-density photonic integration circuits.
Keywords: 85.60.-q      42.79.-e      52.75.Kq      42.82.Et      42.82.Gw.     
Received: 10 December 2010      Published: 28 July 2011
PACS:  85.60.-q (Optoelectronic devices)  
  42.79.-e (Optical elements, devices, and systems)  
  52.75.Kq (Plasma switches (e.g., spark gaps))  
  42.82.Et (Waveguides, couplers, and arrays)  
  42.82.Gw.  
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