Title :
Plasmonic nanotips for on-chip focusing of light
Author :
Desiatov, Boris ; Goykhman, Ilya ; Levy, Uriel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We investigate numerically and experimentally the on-chip nanoscale focusing of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in metallic nanotip coupled to the silicon waveguide. Strong field enhancement is observed at the apex of the tip.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical focusing; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; silicon; surface plasmons; field enhancement; metallic nanotip; on-chip focusing; on-chip nanoscale focusing; plasmonic nanotips; silicon waveguide; surface plasmon polaritons; Focusing; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053716
