Nanoelectromechanical modulation of a strongly-coupled plasmonic dimer

Squeezing light into a nanometer gap offers strong light–matter interaction. Here, the authors develop a nanoelectromechanical system to dynamically control the gap of a plasmonic dimer at nanometer scale, enabling the realization of a light-intensity modulator that operates at high speed and with a...

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Main Authors: Jung-Hwan Song, Søren Raza, Jorik van de Groep, Ju-Hyung Kang, Qitong Li, Pieter G. Kik, Mark L. Brongersma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20273-2
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Summary:Squeezing light into a nanometer gap offers strong light–matter interaction. Here, the authors develop a nanoelectromechanical system to dynamically control the gap of a plasmonic dimer at nanometer scale, enabling the realization of a light-intensity modulator that operates at high speed and with a low power consumption.
ISSN:2041-1723