Title :
Planar coupling and nanofocusing with metallic strip tapers
Author :
Yang, Tian ; He, Xiaolong ; Yang, Liu
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. for Thin Film & Microfabrication, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We propose a metallic strip taper structure which is efficiently coupled with a dielectric waveguide for focusing optical guided waves to nanoscale surface plasmon spots. The proposed nanofocusing device is compact and simple to fabricate.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical focusing; optical planar waveguides; surface plasmons; dielectric waveguide; metallic strip taper nanofocusing; nanoscale surface plasmon spot; optical guided wave focusing; planar coupling; Couplings; Gold; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Strips; Surface impedance;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110629
