Turning plasmonic wave transmission and reflection with nanocircuit loads in plasmonic circuitry

Author

Wei Xing-Chang ; Gu Mingxia ; Bai Ping ; Li Er-Ping

Author_Institution

Comput. Electron. & Photonics Div., A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

2447

Lastpage

2450

Abstract

We present a method of tuning transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves in plasmonic waveguides. Equivalent impedance circuits representing the coupling of the plasmonic waveguides to loads, such as plasmonic detectors, sensors, and switches are studied. Performance improvement is achieved by applying impedance matching concept analogy to that in microwave engineering. This study paves a way to extend the well established microwave theory into optical frequency range.

Keywords

circuit tuning; electromagnetic wave reflection; equivalent circuits; impedance matching; nanotechnology; optical waveguide theory; electromagnetic wave reflection; equivalent impedance circuits; impedance matching; microwave engineering; microwave theory; nanocircuit loads; optical frequency range; plasmonic circuitry; plasmonic detectors; plasmonic wave transmission; plasmonic waveguide coupling; sensors; switches; tuning transmission; Circuit optimization; Electromagnetic reflection; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Impedance; Optical reflection; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Turning; Equivalent circuits analysis; Impedance matching; Plasmonic waveguide; Plasmonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2801-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2802-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2009.5385480

Filename

5385480