Active plasmonics: current status

• Published in: Laser & photonics reviews Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 562 - 567
• Main Authors: MacDonald, K.F., Zheludev, N.I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag 25.06.2010; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: Active control; active plasmonics; Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations); Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Devices; Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Modulation; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Nonlinear optics; Optical elements, devices, and systems; Optical materials; Optics; Physics; Plasmonics; Surface and interface electron states; Surface plasmons; switching; Terahertz frequencies; switching; 73.20.Mf; modulation; 42.70.-a; 78.20.-e; Microelectronics; Surface plasmons; Photonics; Nanophotonics; THz range; 42.65.-k; Plasmonics; Nonlinear optics; active plasmonics
• ISSN: 1863-8880; 1863-8899
• DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200900035

Techniques for active modulation and control of plasmonic signals in future highly‐integrated nanophotonic devices have advanced rapidly in recent years, with recent innovations extending performance into the terahertz frequency and femtojoule‐per‐bit switching energy domains. As thoughts turn towards the development of practical device structures, key technologies are compared in this review and prospects are assessed for the future development of the field. Techniques for active modulation and control of plasmonic signals in future highly‐integrated nanophotonic devices have advanced rapidly in recent years, with recent innovations extending performance into the terahertz frequency and femtojoule‐per‐bit switching energy domains. As thoughts turn towards the development of practical device structures, key technologies are compared in this review and prospects are assessed for the future development of the field.