Double bi-material cantilever structures for complex surface plasmon modulation

Abstract

A complex modulation structure of surface plasmon polaritons using double bi-material cantilevers is proposed. It is shown with numerical analysis that the thermally controlled mechanical actuation of double bi-material cantilevers can modulate the amplitude and phase of surface plasmon polaritons across a full complex modulation range independently and simultaneously. The complex modulation structures designed for visible wavelengths are presented and their multi-wavelength integration is discussed. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America