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Abstract

A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguide coupled with two nanodisks as a resonator has been examined and numerically simulated with the finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) and analytically by the Temporal Coupling Mode Theory (CMT). Based on the three-level system, the strong destructive interference between the two resonators leads to the distinct mode splitting response. The characteristics of mode splitting show that there is anomalous dispersion with the novel fast-light feature at the resonance. Meanwhile, the slow light characteristic can also be achieved in the system at wavelengths of the split modes. The relationship between the transmission characteristics and the geometric parameters is examined. The results show that the modulation depth of the mode splitting transmission spectrum of 80% with 0.175 ps fast-light effect of resonance can be achieved, while for the two modes these values are around 30% with -0.18 ps slow light-effect can be achieved. There is a good agreement between the FDTD simulated transmission features and CMT. The characteristics of the system indicate critical potential applications in integrated optical circuits such as slow-light and fast-light devices, optical monitoring, an optical filter, and optical storage.

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