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Laure Bsawmaii¹, Pascal Giraud¹, Gerges El Haber¹

¹Université Jean Monnet Saint Etienne, CNRS, Institut d'optique Graduate School, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France.

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This study presents novel magneto-plasmonic optical switches for magnetic field detection. These devices offer enhanced sensitivity and reduced noise for advanced sensing applications.

Keywords:

magnetic field sensors magneto-optics plasmonic

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Area of Science:

Photonics and Plasmonics
Magneto-optics
Nanotechnology

Background:

Magneto-plasmonic devices are crucial for magnetic field sensing.
Existing technologies often face challenges with sensitivity and noise reduction.
Optical switches offer potential for high-contrast signal modulation.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel class of low-loss, cost-effective optical planar structures for magnetic detection.
To optimize these structures for an optical switch configuration.
To enhance detection sensitivity and mitigate common perturbations in magnetic field sensing.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of a 1D deep sinusoidal gold grating.
Coating the grating with a thin cobalt layer.
Excitation of plasmons and measurement of reflected intensity in 0th and -1st diffracted orders.

Main Results:

Demonstration of a high-contrast switching phenomenon sensitive to transverse magnetic fields.
Differential measurements using two distinct diffracted orders effectively mitigated drift and perturbations.
Achieved enhanced detection sensitivity for magnetic field sensing.

Conclusions:

The novel magneto-plasmonic structures function as effective optical switches for magnetic detection.
The differential measurement approach significantly improves signal stability and reliability.
These structures show great potential for advanced and sensitive magnetic field sensing applications.