[18p-Z08-1~18] 3.12 Nanoscale optical science and near-field optics

[18p-Z08-8] Plasmonic Nanowire Memristor Associated Nonlinear Photochromic Reactions

〇Shuichi Toyouchi^1,2, Mathias Wolf¹, Kenji Hirai³, Tomoko Inose³, Beatrice Fortuni¹, Yoshiko Fujita^1,4, Steven De Feyter¹, Hiroshi Uji-i^1,3 (1.KU Leuven, Belgium, 2.NCTU, Taiwan, 3.Hokkaido Univ., RIES, 4.Toray)

Keywords:nonlinear plasmonics, photochromism, memristor

We report an all-plasmonic nanowire memristor using chemically synthesized silver nanowire and a photochromic compound. We demonstrate that efficiency propagating surface plasmon (resistance) on silver nanowire embedded with photochromic molecules is controlled by propagating surface plasmon itself (current), and further demonstrate that the resistance can be read out by using nonlinear plasmonics of silver nanowire.