Title :
Optical-frequency signal transmission via localized surface plasmons
Author :
Fukuhara, Masashi ; Aihara, Takuma ; Ishii, Yuya ; Fukuda, Mitsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Inf. Eng., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi, Japan
Abstract :
We report results from a numerical study of optical-frequency signal transmission via localized surface plasmons (LSPs). LSPs excited within a Au disk on a Si substrate propagate over a chain of disks providing the signal.
Keywords :
optical communication; surface plasmons; chain of disks; localized surface plasmons; optical-frequency signal transmission; Biomedical optical imaging; Gold; Optical diffraction; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; finite-different time-domain method; localized surface plasmon; optical communication; optical frequency signal;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358807