• 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