• DocumentCode
    1770152
  • Title

    Suspended MIM optical waveguides with optical nano-antennas

  • Author

    Edwards, Ben ; Engheta, Nader

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this work we experimentally demonstrate suspended gold-air-gold (MIM) plasmonic waveguides operating at the NIR wavelengths. The waveguide interfaces with the far field using optical nano-antennas with main beams normal to the structure.
  • Keywords
    MIM devices; antennas; gold; nanophotonics; optical materials; optical waveguides; plasmonics; NIR wavelengths; far field; main beams; optical nanoantennas; suspended MIM optical waveguides; suspended gold-air-gold plasmonic waveguides; waveguide interfaces; Gold; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988770