Metal-dielectric layered structure supporting surface plasmons: Numerical modelling by the method of single expression

Author

Baghdasaryan, Hovik V. ; Knyazyan, Tamara M. ; Hovhannisyan, Tamara T. ; Marciniak, Marian

Author_Institution

Fiber Opt. Commun. Lab., State Eng. Univ. of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Surface plasmons´ (SPs) excitation in Kretschmann-type structure, where a thin metallic layer upon the dielectric prism substituted by a metal-dielectric layered (MDL) structure, is analysed via numerical simulation. Four possible alternations in MDL structure at fixed metallic and dielectric layers´ thickness are considered and favorable structure is indicated. It is revealed, that MDL structures support SPs when the sum of metallic layers´ thickness is about the thickness of a single metallic layer in conventional Kretschmann structure.

Keywords

dielectric materials; numerical analysis; surface plasmons; Kretschmann-type structure; MDL structure; conventional Kretschmann structure; dielectric prism; metal-dielectric layered structure; numerical simulation; single expression; single metallic layer; surface plasmon excitation; thin metallic layer; Dielectrics; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Plasmons; Surface waves; Kretschmann structure; electromagnetic modelling; layered metal-dielectric; method of single expression; numerical simulation; surface plasmon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876713

Filename

6876713