Optical coherent signal transmission through surface plasmon and optical near field

Author

Fukuda, Mitsuo ; Funato, Hiroya ; Tohyama, Makoto ; Takemoto, Naohiro ; Yamamoto, Shota ; Kodama, Toyohisa ; Sugiura, Ryouhei ; Utsumi, Atsushi

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the first report of optical frequency-multiplexed signal transmission through surface plasmons and the optical near field generated in a random metal-dielectric film composed of submicrometer-sized silica balls and silver.

Keywords

dielectric thin films; integrated optoelectronics; light coherence; light transmission; metal-insulator boundaries; silicon compounds; silver; surface plasmons; SiO₂-Ag; metal-dielectric film; modulated optical frequency signals; optical coherent signal transmission; optical frequency-multiplexed signal transmission; optical near field; submicrometer-sized silica balls; surface plasmon; Frequency; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610640

Filename

4610640