Title :
Tapered plasmonic Yagi-Uda nanoantennas for emission enhancement and broadband communication
Author :
Davoyan, Artur R. ; Maksymov, Ivan S. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre & CUDOS, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We suggest a novel principle design of a plasmonic Yagi-Uda nanoantennas for control over the angular light emission. We demonstrate that tapering of antenna elements enhances the antenna gain and allows multifrequency communication.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; antennas in plasma; broadband antennas; multifrequency antennas; nanotechnology; plasmonics; angular light emission; antenna element tapering; antenna gain; broadband communication; emission enhancement; multifrequency communication; tapered plasmonic Yagi-Uda nanoantenna; Antenna feeds; Finite element methods; Plasmons; Transmitting antennas; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193924
