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Emboras A, Niegemann J, Ma P, et al. Atomic Scale Plasmonic Switch. Nano Lett. 2015;16(1):709-14doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537.
Emboras, A., Niegemann, J., Ma, P., Haffner, C., Pedersen, A., Luisier, M., Hafner, C., Schimmel, T., & Leuthold, J. (2016). Atomic Scale Plasmonic Switch. Nano letters, 16(1), 709-14. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537
Emboras, Alexandros, et al. "Atomic Scale Plasmonic Switch." Nano letters vol. 16,1 (2016): 709-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537
Emboras A, Niegemann J, Ma P, Haffner C, Pedersen A, Luisier M, Hafner C, Schimmel T, Leuthold J. Atomic Scale Plasmonic Switch. Nano Lett. 2016 Jan 13;16(1):709-14. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537. Epub 2015 Dec 29. PMID: 26670551.
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Nano Lett. 2016 Jan 13;16(1):709-14. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537. Epub 2015 Dec 29.

Atomic Scale Plasmonic Switch.

Nano letters

Alexandros Emboras, Jens Niegemann, Ping Ma, Christian Haffner, Andreas Pedersen, Mathieu Luisier, Christian Hafner, Thomas Schimmel, Juerg Leuthold

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
  2. Computational Nanoelectronics Group, ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
  3. Institute of Applied Physics and Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.

PMID: 26670551 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04537

Abstract

The atom sets an ultimate scaling limit to Moore's law in the electronics industry. While electronics research already explores atomic scales devices, photonics research still deals with devices at the micrometer scale. Here we demonstrate that photonic scaling, similar to electronics, is only limited by the atom. More precisely, we introduce an electrically controlled plasmonic switch operating at the atomic scale. The switch allows for fast and reproducible switching by means of the relocation of an individual or, at most, a few atoms in a plasmonic cavity. Depending on the location of the atom either of two distinct plasmonic cavity resonance states are supported. Experimental results show reversible digital optical switching with an extinction ratio of 9.2 dB and operation at room temperature up to MHz with femtojoule (fJ) power consumption for a single switch operation. This demonstration of an integrated quantum device allowing to control photons at the atomic level opens intriguing perspectives for a fully integrated and highly scalable chip platform, a platform where optics, electronics, and memory may be controlled at the single-atom level.

Keywords: Atomic contacts; ab initio calculation; local oxidation; memristor; quantum plasmonics; silicon photonics; surface plasmons

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