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Inside Back Cover: Plasmonic switch based on composite interference in metallic strip waveguides (Laser Photonics Rev. 8(4)/2014)
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201470042
Subject(s) - photonics , laser , plasmon , cover (algebra) , beam splitter , interference (communication) , telecommunications , optoelectronics , composite number , optics , splitter , physics , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , channel (broadcasting) , algorithm
A plasmonic switch is implemented by two crossed metal strip waveguides with a Bragg grating as the beam splitter in the crossing. Based on a newly discovered composite interference, surface plasmons from two input ports can be selectively transferred into two outputs in a controlledmanner depending on the proportion of two kinds of interferences. (Picture: Yulin Wang et al., 10.1002/lpor.201300200 , pp. L47–L51, in this issue)