Title :
Plasmon resonances on gold nanowires directly drawn in step-index fiber
Author :
Tyagi, H.K. ; Lee, H.W. ; Schmidt, M.A. ; Uebel, P. ; Joly, N.Y. ; Scharrer, M. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
High quality metallic wires (diameters down to 260nm) are fabricated using direct fiber drawing from a gold-filled cane. Measurements show coupling of light from the glass-core to plasmonic resonances on the wire, causing dips in the transmission at specific wavelengths.
Keywords :
gold; light transmission; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; surface plasmon resonance; Au; direct fiber drawing; glass core; gold nanowires; high quality metallic wires; light coupling; optical fabrication; optical transmission; plasmon resonance; step-index fiber; Gold; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon compounds; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621178
