Plasmonic couplers with metal nonlinearities

Arthur R. Davoyan

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2011.03.001

Plasmonic couplers with metal nonlinearities

Arthur R. Davoyan

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Usually nonlinear response of metals is neglected in the study of plasmonic waveguiding structures. Recent prediction of strong third-order optical response of metals due to ponderomotive forces opens up novel possibilities for utilizing this effect in the design of active plasmonic devices. We discuss the possibility of implementation of nonlinear response of metals in the design of plasmonic coupler. We analyze the structure and dispersions of linear and nonlinear guided plasmonic modes of two coupled thin metallic films and predict bifurcations of symmetry breaking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1615-1618
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	375
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2011.03.001
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2011

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