Integrated Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Device for All-Optical Switching and Reading of Spintronic Memory

This paper provides a key solution for integrating spintronic memories with photonic integrated circuits, all-optical switching and reading of nanoscale magnetic bits. Problems associated nonlinear absorption the intrinsically weak magneto-optical effect are solved by hybrid scheme, exploiting plasmonic resonators. Thus authors have developed device concept that paves way toward ultrafast, energy-efficient advanced on-chip applications.