Title :
Properties of silver nanoridge surface plasmon waveguide modes
Author :
Zeyu Pan ; Junpeng Guo ; Soref, Richard ; Buchwald, Walter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
Properties of silver metal nanoridge surface plasmon waveguide modes are investigated. It is found that semicircular top geometry nanoridges are optimal for supporting long range and high figure-of-merit surface plasmon modes.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical waveguides; silver; surface plasmons; Ag; semicircular top geometry nanoridges; silver nanoridge surface plasmon waveguide modes; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silver; Surface waves; Surface plasmon waveguide; nanophotonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656454
