DocumentCode
2749541
Title
Planar coupling and nanofocusing with metallic strip tapers
Author
Yang, Tian ; He, Xiaolong ; Yang, Liu
Author_Institution
Key Lab. for Thin Film & Microfabrication, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
467
Lastpage
468
Abstract
We propose a metallic strip taper structure which is efficiently coupled with a dielectric waveguide for focusing optical guided waves to nanoscale surface plasmon spots. The proposed nanofocusing device is compact and simple to fabricate.
Keywords
nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical focusing; optical planar waveguides; surface plasmons; dielectric waveguide; metallic strip taper nanofocusing; nanoscale surface plasmon spot; optical guided wave focusing; planar coupling; Couplings; Gold; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Strips; Surface impedance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8940-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110629
Filename
6110629
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