Title :
Subwavelength confinement of THz radiation in tapered plasmonic slot waveguides
Author :
Zhan, Hui ; Mendis, Rajind ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally characterize the confinement of terahertz radiation in tapered slot waveguides. Both the transverse and axial field components exhibit strong lateral confinement. An antisymmetric axial field distribution is observed across the output gap.
Keywords :
Apertures; Electromagnetic waveguides; Face detection; Needles; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Probes; Surface waves; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
