• DocumentCode
    474620
  • Title

    Compact node for selective surface plasmon coupling to orthogonal planar metallic wires

  • Author

    Quong, M.C. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, AB
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A node for coupling surface plasmons onto planar layers of metallic nanowires is studied via numerical calculations. Coupling to orthogonal arms of wires can be switched by interfering differently-polarized beams incident upon the node.
  • Keywords
    metallic thin films; mirrors; nanotechnology; nanowires; optical couplers; optical polarisers; surface plasmons; conic reflector; metallic nanowires; nanoplasmonic devices; numerical calculations; orthogonal planar metallic wires; polarized beams; selective surface plasmon coupling; Arm; Nanophotonics; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Plasmons; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; Wires; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (310.2790) Guided waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572244