Title :
Compensation of surface plasmon discrete diffraction in parallel waveguide arrays
Author :
Xu, M.Y.-C. ; Stewart Aitchison, J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Abstract :
Discrete diffraction was observed in parallel surface plasmon waveguide arrays at a wavelength of 1550 nm. By tilting the excitation angle, we obtain a non-diffracting beam at an incident angle of ~0.925 degrees.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light diffraction; optical arrays; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; excitation angle; integrated optical devices; nondiffracting beam; parallel waveguide arrays; surface plasmon discrete diffraction; surface plasmon polariton; surface plasmon waveguide; wavelength 1550 nm; Dielectrics; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Semiconductor waveguides; Silver; Surface waves; Discrete diffraction; parallel waveguide arrays; surface plasmon polariton;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688565
