TY - GEN
T1 - Phase-polarization control as a route to plasmonic nano-devices
AU - Sukharev, Maxim
AU - Seideman, Tamar
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Several concepts of coherent control are extended to manipulate light propagating along metal nano-particle arrays. A phase-polarization control strategy is proposed and applied to control the electromagnetic energy transport via nano-array constructs with multiple branching intersections, leading to an optical switch or inverter far below the diffraction limit. An optimal control approach, based on the genetic algorithm optimization procedure, is next generalized to suggest a systematic design tool for plasmonic nano-devices, where both material properties of nano-arrays and incident field parameters are optimized in order to make devices with desired functionality. The proposed schemes are also used to better understand the physics underlying the phenomenon of electromagnetic energy transport via metal nano-constructs. Several applications of the phase-polarization and optimal control strategies are considered.
AB - Several concepts of coherent control are extended to manipulate light propagating along metal nano-particle arrays. A phase-polarization control strategy is proposed and applied to control the electromagnetic energy transport via nano-array constructs with multiple branching intersections, leading to an optical switch or inverter far below the diffraction limit. An optimal control approach, based on the genetic algorithm optimization procedure, is next generalized to suggest a systematic design tool for plasmonic nano-devices, where both material properties of nano-arrays and incident field parameters are optimized in order to make devices with desired functionality. The proposed schemes are also used to better understand the physics underlying the phenomenon of electromagnetic energy transport via metal nano-constructs. Several applications of the phase-polarization and optimal control strategies are considered.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.639727
DO - 10.1117/12.639727
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33646547009
SN - 0819461571
SN - 9780819461575
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XIV
T2 - Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XIV
Y2 - 22 January 2006 through 26 January 2006
ER -