Title :
Polychromatic nanofocusing of surface plasmons
Author :
Liu, Wei ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. ; Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We introduce the concept of polychromatic plasmonics and demonstrate a broadband lens for nanofocusing of surface plasmons. This lens has a bandwidth more than an optical octave thus opening opportunities for broadband plasmonic applications.
Keywords :
lenses; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical focusing; plasmonics; surface plasmons; broadband lens; optical octave; polychromatic nanofocusing; polychromatic plasmonics; surface plasmons; Focusing; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
