Magneto-optical switches in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides

Ali Haddadpour; Vahid Foroughi Nezhad; Zongfu Yu; Georgios Veronis

doi:10.1117/12.2190316

31 August 2015 Magneto-optical switches in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides

Ali Haddadpour, Vahid Foroughi Nezhad, Zongfu Yu, Georgios Veronis

Proceedings Volume 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII; 95461S (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190316
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The magneto-optical effect has been used to control the propagation of surface plasmon polaritons in plasmonic waveguides. Here we investigate single-interface metal-dielectric and metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides in which either the dielectric or the metal is a magneto-optical material. We derive the dispersion relation of these waveguides, and investigate the effect of an externally applied static magnetic field. We find that in metal-dielectric-metal waveguide structures in which the dielectric is a magneto-optical material, the symmetry of the structure prohibits any non-reciprocal propagation in the system. Moreover, the induced change in the propagation constant of the supported modes in the presence of an externally applied static magnetic field is relatively small. In addition, we find that using a magneto-optical metal in a single-interface metal-dielectric plasmonic waveguide results in non-reciprocal propagation of the plasmonic modes along the interface. We also find that in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides in which the metal is a magneto-optical material, the propagation constant of the supported modes is dependent on the relative direction of the applied magnetic fields to the upper and lower metal regions. If the applied magnetic fields to the two metal regions are equal and in the same direction, the induced changes in the propagation constants of the modes propagating in the positive and negative directions are the same. On the other hand, if the directions of the applied external magnetic fields are opposite, the propagation constants of the modes propagating in the positive and negative directions are different. We finally investigate Fabry-Perot cavity magneto-optical switches.

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Ali Haddadpour, Vahid Foroughi Nezhad, Zongfu Yu, and Georgios Veronis "Magneto-optical switches in metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides", Proc. SPIE 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII, 95461S (31 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190316

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