Title :
Surface plasmon dielectric waveguides
Author :
Smolyaninov, I.I. ; Hung, Y.J. ; Davis, C.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
Abstract :
We demonstrate surface plasmon guiding by dielectric nanowaveguides on top of a metal film. Based on this technique, the scale of dielectric waveguide devices can be shrunk by at least an order of magnitude.
Keywords :
dielectric waveguides; surface plasmons; dielectric waveguide devices; metal film; surface plasmon dielectric waveguides; surface plasmon guiding; Dielectrics; Mirrors; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Surface waves; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; 230.7370 Waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628917
