Title :
Arrayed nanoantennas for efficient broadband unidirectional emission enhancement
Author :
Maksymov, Ivan S. ; Staude, Isabelle ; Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. ; Decker, Manuel ; Tan, Hark Hoe ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Jagadish, Chennupati ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Plasmonic Yagi-Uda nanoantennas are narrowband because their bandwidth is compromised by their unidirectionality. We propose and study arrayed nanoantennas offering broadband unidirectional emission enhancement with a high radiation efficiency.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; nanophotonics; plasmonics; arrayed nanoantennas; broadband unidirectional emission enhancement; plasmonic Yagi-Uda nanoantennas; radiation efficiency; Broadband communication; Fabrication; Optical losses; Plasmons; Stimulated emission; Substrates; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
