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US 2019/0057740 A1Published application
State-changeable device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorEmanuel Loertscher
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Abstract
A state-changeable device includes a first and a second particle arranged in proximity to each other; and a coupling material between the first and the second particle; wherein the first and the second particle are adapted to provide a charge carrier distribution such that surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) occur; and the coupling material is adapted to exhibit a variable conductivity in response to a trigger signal thereby changing an electro-optical coupling between the first and the second particle.
Claims20
A state-changeable device comprising:
- a first particle and a second particle;
- and
- a coupling material between the first particle and the second particle, wherein the first particle and the second particle are adapted to provide a charge carrier distribution such that surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) occur.
A switching device comprising:
- at least one state-changeable device comprising:
- a first particle and a second particle;
- and
- a coupling material between the first particle and the second particle, wherein the first particle and the second particle are adapted to provide a charge carrier distribution such that surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) occur;
- and
- a first plasmonic waveguide and a second plasmonic waveguide coupled to the at least one state-changeable device.
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