Reconfigurable transformation optics based surface plasmon polariton wave adapter

Author

Arigong, Bayaner ; Shao, Jin ; Ren, Han ; Kim, Hyoung Soo ; Lin, Yuankun ; Zhang, Hualiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the design of a reconfigurable surface plasmon polariton (SPP) wave adapter designed by transformation optics, which can control the confinement of SPP waves on un-even metal surfaces. The proposed plasmonic device is constructed using homogeneously tunable materials (i.e. liquid crystals) so that the corresponding SPP wave transmission can be reconfigured by applying different voltages. Different types of modified design are investigated. Their performance is verified by full-wave simulations. The proposed devices will pave the way towards developing tunable plasmonic devices.

Keywords

light transmission; liquid crystal devices; optical control; optical design techniques; optical elements; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmons; SPP wave adapter; SPP wave transmission; full-wave simulations; homogeneously tunable materials; liquid crystals; plasmonic device; reconfigurable transformation optics; surface plasmon polariton wave adapter; tunable plasmonic devices; un-even metal surfaces; Optical surface waves; Optics; Performance evaluation; Plasmons; Refractive index; Scattering; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6349307

Filename

6349307