Nanoparticle optical memory function

	Nanotech 2006 Vol. 3 Technical Proceedings of the 2006 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 3 Chapter 1: Nano and Molecular Electronics and Photonics
	Nanoparticle optical memory function
Authors:	B.F. Soares, M.V. Bashevoy, K.F. MacDonald, F. Jonsson and N.I. Zheludev
Affilation:	University of Southampton, UK
Pages:	110 - 112
Keywords:	nanophotonics, memory, nanoparticles
Abstract:	Light and electron-beam induced structural transformations in nanoparticles of polymorphic metals provide a paradigm for achieving resonator-less optical memory functionality with picojoule energy requirements. We demonstrate optical memory function with gallium nanoparticles grown by light-assisted self-assembly at the end face of an optical fiber and show how a nanoparticle can constitute an optical memory bit which can be read and erased by a weak probe beam, and written by a single optical control pulse.
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ISBN:	0-9767985-8-1
Pages:	913
Hardcopy:	$119.95

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