Title :
Silver nanowire based plasmon propagation, coupling and splitting at 1.55 µm wavelength
Author :
Li, Qiang ; Wang, Shanshan ; Chen, Yiting ; Yan, Min ; Tong, Limin ; Qiu, Min
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Photonic & Microwave Eng., R. Inst. of Technol. (KTH), Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate silver nanowire based plasmonic devices at optical communication wavelength 1.55 μm. The plasmon propagation loss in a 300 nm diameter silver nanowire is measured to be 0.3 dB/μm. Two types of plasmonic functional devices based on the coupling between two silver nanowires, nano-couplers and nano-splitters, are realized.
Keywords :
light propagation; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; plasmonics; plasmons; silver; Ag; nanocouplers; nanosplitters; optical communication; plasmon coupling; plasmon propagation loss; plasmon splitting; plasmonic devices; plasmonic functional devices; silver nanowire; size 300 nm; wavelength 1.55 mum; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Plasmons; Silver; component; coupling; plasmonic devices; silver nanowire; surface plasmons polaritons;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682596
