Tuning of bowtie nano-antenna resonance using As2S3 chalcogenide glass substrate

Author

Khan, Irfan ; Alsunaidi, Mohammad A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2015

fDate

1-4 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The scattering properties of a plasmonic bowtie nano-antenna coated with chalcogenide glass are studied using a three dimensional nonlinear Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) simulator. The third order optical nonlinearity of chalcogenide glass is utilized in tuning the resonant behavior of the nano-antenna. It was found that significant shifts in the resonance wavelength of the antenna are possible for small incremental changes in the illuminating field. The sensitivity of the presented structure to illumination level can be utilized in optical imaging and sensing applications.

Keywords

arsenic compounds; bow-tie antennas; chalcogenide glasses; finite difference time-domain analysis; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical glass; optical tuning; As₂S₃; FDTD; bowtie nano-antenna resonance tuning; chalcogenide glass substrate; illumination level; optical imaging; optical sensing; scattering properties; third order optical nonlinearity; three dimensional nonlinear finite difference time domain simulator; Antennas; Equations; Glass; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Time-domain analysis; FDTD; Nano bowtie antenna; chalcogenide glass; optical nonlinearity; plasmonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE), 2015 IEEE 8th

Conference_Location

Muscat

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2015.7060087

Filename

7060087