Title : 
Inverse design of optical antennas for sub-wavelength energy delivery
         
        
            Author : 
Bhargava, Samarth ; Yablonovitch, Eli
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electr. Eng. & Comp. Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We report using Inverse Electromagnetic Design to computationally optimize optical antenna shapes. Optimized antennas deliver 10% of incident power to a 50×40×10 nm3 spot in a practical magnetic recording medium for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording.
         
        
            Keywords : 
magneto-optical recording; optical design techniques; optimisation; heat assisted magnetic recording; inverse electromagnetic design; optical antenna shape optimisation; practical magnetic recording medium; subwavelength energy delivery; Antennas; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical recording;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA