• 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