公开(公告)号：US08379287B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-19

申请号：US13090453

申请日：2011-04-20

申请人： Hwansoo Suh ,  Chang Won Lee ,  Yeonsang Park ,  Jineun Kim

发明人： Hwansoo Suh ,  Chang Won Lee ,  Yeonsang Park ,  Jineun Kim

IPC分类号： G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/09 ,  G02F1/11

CPC分类号： G02F1/00 ,  G02B6/1226 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/035 ,  G02F1/29 ,  G02F2203/10

摘要： A surface plasmon polariton modulator capable of locally varying a physical property of a dielectric material to control a surface plasmon polariton. The surface plasmon polariton modulator includes a dielectric layer, including first and second dielectric portions, which is interposed between two metal layers. The second dielectric portion has a refractive index which varies with an electric field, a magnetic field, heat, a sound wave, or a chemical and/or biological operation applied thereto. The surface plasmon polariton modulator is configured to control one of an advancing direction, an intensity, a phase, or the like of a surface plasmon using an electric signal. The surface plasmon polariton modulator can operate as a surface plasmon polariton multiplexer or a surface plasmon polariton demultiplexer.

摘要翻译： 能够局部地改变介电材料的物理性质以控制表面等离子体激元的表面等离子体激元调制器。 表面等离子体激元调制器包括介于介电层，介电层包括介于两个金属层之间的第一和第二电介质部分。 第二电介质部分具有随着施加到其上的电场，磁场，热，声波或化学和/或生物操作而变化的折射率。 表面等离子体激元调制器被配置为使用电信号来控制表面等离子体的前进方向，强度，相位等之一。 表面等离子体激元调制器可以作为表面等离子体激元多极化多路复用器或表面等离子体激元解离器来操作。