Femtosecond laser fabricated components for surface plasmon guiding and focussing

Author

Reinhardt, C. ; Passinger, S. ; Chichkov, B.N.

Author_Institution

Laser Zentrum Hannover, Hannover

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We investigate the fabrication of dielectric components for surface plasmon polariton (SPP) processing by two-photon polymerization of photosensitive materials on metal surfaces. SPP guiding and focussing will be demonstrated using near- and far-field optical microscopy.

Keywords

dielectric materials; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; optical fabrication; optical focusing; optical microscopy; photochemistry; polaritons; polymerisation; surface plasmons; two-photon processes; dielectric components; far field optical microscopy; femtosecond laser fabricated components; metal surfaces; near field optical microscopy; photosensitive materials; surface plasmon polariton; two photon polymerization; Dielectric substrates; Optical device fabrication; Optical microscopy; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Surface topography; Ultrafast optics; 240.0240; 240.668;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628663

Filename

4628663