Title :
Light Confinement in Optical Fibers Using Surface Plasmon Polaritons
Author :
Renna, Fabrizio ; Brambilla, Gilberto ; Cox, David C.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Efficient light confinement has been demonstrated in a conventional silica optical fiber using surface plasmon polaritons.
Keywords :
optical fibres; polaritons; silicon compounds; surface plasmons; SiO2; light confinement; silica optical fiber; surface plasmon polaritons; Fabrication; optical beam focusing; optical fiber devices; optical fibers; plasmons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2028896
