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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 21, Issue 23, Pages 27652-27661Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027652
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- EPSRC [EP/J016918]
- EPSRC [EP/L00044X/1, EP/J011797/1, EP/J016918/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J011797/1, EP/J016918/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The performance of plasmonic nanoantenna structures on top of SOI wire waveguides as coherent perfect absorbers for modulators and all-optical switches is explored. The absorption, scattering, reflection and transmission spectra of gold and aluminum nanoantenna-loaded waveguides were calculated by means of 3D finite-difference time-domain simulations for single waves propagating along the waveguide, as well as for standing wave scenarios composed from two counterpropagating waves. The investigated configurations showed losses of roughly 1% and extinction ratios greater than 25 dB for modulator and switching applications, as well as plasmon effects such as strong field enhancement and localization in the nanoantenna region. The proposed plasmonic coherent perfect absorbers can be utilized for ultracompact all-optical switches in coherent networks as well as modulators and can find applications in sensing or in increasing nonlinear effects. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
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