Title :
GPW excited by folded dipole antenna with opened loop
Author :
Malheiros-Silveira, Gilliard N. ; Hernández-Figueroa, Hugo E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwaves & Opt. (DMO), Univ. of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We have modeled an alternative way of exciting a gap plasmonic waveguide by a folded dipole nanoantenna with an opened loop. The gain performance is around 62% the one obtained by a conventional dipole.
Keywords :
dipole antennas; nanophotonics; optical waveguides; folded dipole antenna; gap plasmonic waveguides; opened loop; Dipole antennas; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Physical optics; Plasmons; Waveguide discontinuities; gap plasmonic waveguide; nanoantena; surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110523
