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Nanoscale all-optical devices based on surface plasmon polaritons

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Surface plasmon polariton, a kind of surface electromagnetic wave propagating along the interface between metals and dielectrics, provides an excellent platform for the realization of integrated photonic devices due to its unique properties of confining light into subwavelength scales. Our recent research progresses of nanoscale integrated photonic devices based on surface plasmon polaritons, including all-optical switches, all-optical logic discriminator, and all-optical routers, are introduced in detail.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Prof. Qihuang Gong for useful discussions and important guidance. This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB328704 and 2014CB921003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11204018, 11134001, 11225417, 61077027, 11121091, and 90921008), and the program for NCET.

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics & Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jianjun Chen, Chengwei Sun & Xiaoyong Hu

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jianjun Chen, Chengwei Sun & Xiaoyong Hu

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Chen, J., Sun, C. & Hu, X. Nanoscale all-optical devices based on surface plasmon polaritons. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 2661–2665 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0402-7

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