Title :
Guiding of long-range surface plasmon polaritons along channels in periodic arrays of scatterers
Author :
Boltasseva, A. ; Hvam, J.M. ; Nikolajsen, T. ; Leosson, K. ; Sondergaard, T. ; Bozhevolnyi, S.I.
Author_Institution :
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We investigate waveguiding of long-range surface plasmon polaritons in periodic arrays of scatterers at telecommunication wavelengths. A propagation loss of approximately 6 dB/mm and a coupling loss of 0.5 dB is reported for 8-mum-wide channels
Keywords :
light scattering; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; 0.5 dB; 8 mum; coupling loss; long-range surface plasmon polaritons; propagation loss; scatterer periodic arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
