Title :
Unidirectional surface plasmon polariton coupler in the visible using metasurfaces
Author :
Fei Ding ; Kinsey, Nathaniel ; Jingjing Liu ; Zhuoxian Wang ; Shalaev, Vladimir M. ; Kildishev, Alexander V.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We have theoretically investigated a metasurface as a unidirectional surface plasmon polariton (SPP) coupler. The structure can work over a broad bandwidth in the visible region.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical metamaterials; polaritons; surface plasmons; broad bandwidth; decoupling efficiency; metal-dielectric-metal geometry; metasurface; unidirectional surface plasmon polariton coupler; visible region; Couplers; Couplings; Educational institutions; Electric fields; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
