Opto-electronic versus electro-optic modulation

A. Passian; A. L. Lereu; E. T. Arakawa; R. H. Ritchie; T. Thundat; T. L. Ferrell

doi:10.1063/1.1804252

Opto-electronic versus electro-optic modulation

A. Passian, A. L. Lereu, E. T. Arakawa, R. H. Ritchie, T. Thundat, T. L. Ferrell

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Abstract

A nonlinear modulation scheme based on coupling between optically excited surface plasmons in a thin gold film and the heating of the film by a pulsed direct current was analyzed. It was observed that the reflected surface-plasmon excitation beam was spatially deformed, as a function of a pulsed current through the foil. It was also observed that the coupling could be sustained in a broad spectral range and was used for operating photonic applications. The results show that the current through the thin film was modulated by the action of excitation of surface plasmons using infrared photons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2703-2705
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	85
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1804252
State	Published - Oct 4 2004
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to thank D. L. Hedden for technical support, and A. Gehl for software support. This work was supported by the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Contract No. N01AA23012.

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	N01AA23012

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