Title :
Unidirectional excitation of surface plasmon using a dielectric loaded aperture
Author :
Alam, M.Z. ; Yang, Zengli ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Mojahedi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a scheme for highly efficient excitation of surface plasmon using a structure consisting of an aperture in metal with a thin dielectric film at one side of the aperture.
Keywords :
dielectric thin films; surface plasmons; dielectric loaded aperture; surface plasmon; thin dielectric film; unidirectional excitation; Apertures; Dielectric films; Metals; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656566
