DocumentCode
510498
Title
Direct measurements of propagation losses in silver nanowires
Author
Ma, Yaoguang ; Li, Xiyuan ; Tong, Limin
Author_Institution
State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
fYear
2009
fDate
2-6 Nov. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Propagation losses of surface plasmons in single silver nanowire waveguides were obtained by measuring light intensity at the end of a silver nanowire. Surface plasmons were excited directly by a tapered fiber. A typical propagation loss of 0.53 dB/εm was obtained.
Keywords
Loss measurement; Nanowires; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Scanning electron microscopy; Silver; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-877-3
Type
conf
Filename
5377161
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