Optical Near-Field Generation and Detection By Using a Metal–Dielectric Film Fabricated From Silver Paste and Spherical Fused Silica

Author

Fukuda, Mitsuo ; Yamasaki, Yusuke ; Oota, Norihiro ; Utsumi, Atsushi

Author_Institution

Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Aichi

Volume

19

Issue

15

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1160

Lastpage

1162

Abstract

A novel optical near-field generator and detector are fabricated by using a metal-dielectric film composed of silver metal and spherical fused silica. The generators formed on the facets of laser diodes convert lasing light into the optical near-field. The detectors formed on InGaAs and InP epitaxial layers clearly respond to the optical near-field converted from propagating light. This shows the applicability of metal-dielectric film to optical near-field generators and detectors.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; dielectric thin films; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; light sources; metallic thin films; optical fabrication; optical films; photodetectors; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor lasers; silicon compounds; silver; laser diodes; metal-dielectric film fabrication; optical near-field detector; optical near-field generator; semiconductor epitaxial layers; silver paste; spherical fused silica; Diode lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Silicon compounds; Silver; Optical detector; optical near-field; optical source; surface plasmon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.901457

Filename

4267732