DocumentCode
2082911
Title
Probing nanoplasmonic waveguides and couplers with optical antennas
Author
Kriesch, A. ; Wen, J. ; Ploss, D. ; Banzer, P. ; Peschel, U.
Author_Institution
Max-Planck-Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
The authors report the first experimental realization of an optical antenna exciting a plasmonic gap waveguide (width ~ 80nm, antenna coupling efficiency from the far field to the waveguide ~ 15%. The high polarization sensitivity of the antenna in combination with a bent gap waveguide, which turns the polarization, allows us to probe nanoplasmonic devices with a high signal-to-noise ratio in the crossed polarization mode.
Keywords
antennas; light polarisation; nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; antenna coupling efficiency; crossed polarization mode; nanoplasmonic couplers; nanoplasmonic devices probe; nanoplasmonic waveguides; optical antennas; plasmonic gap waveguide; polarization sensitivity; signal-to-noise ratio; Couplings; Laser beams; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943609
Filename
5943609
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