DocumentCode
520738
Title
Subwavelength confinement of THz radiation in tapered plasmonic slot waveguides
Author
Zhan, Hui ; Mendis, Rajind ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally characterize the confinement of terahertz radiation in tapered slot waveguides. Both the transverse and axial field components exhibit strong lateral confinement. An antisymmetric axial field distribution is observed across the output gap.
Keywords
Apertures; Electromagnetic waveguides; Face detection; Needles; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Probes; Surface waves; Waveguide discontinuities;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500332
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