Title :
Enhanced optical forces in hybrid plasmonic devices
Author :
Yang, Xiaodong ; Liu, Yongmin ; Oulton, Rupert F. ; Yin, Xiaobo ; Zhang, Xiang
Author_Institution :
NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the optical force exerted on a suspended dielectric waveguide coupled to a metallic substrate is greatly enhanced compared to dielectric substrate, due to subwavelength optical energy confinement in the hybrid plasmonic mode.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; plasmonics; substrates; dielectric substrate; enhanced optical forces; hybrid plasmonic devices; metallic substrate; subwavelength optical energy confinement; suspended dielectric waveguide; Force; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
