Controlling the Coupling Ratio of the Plasmonic Directional Couplers by SPM and XPM Nonlinear Effects

In this paper, we have shown that by increasing the input power in a Kerr-type nonlinear plasmonic directional coupler (PDC), the bar coupling ratio can be controlled. In 3dBperformance of the directional coupler, it has been shown that by utilizing the cross phase modulation (XPM) nonlinear effectthe required pump power has been reduced significantly compared to the signal power with self phase modulation (SPM) effect

Keywords:

Cross phase modulation , Kerr nonlinear effect , Plasmonic directional coupler , Surface plasmons