Title :
Beam-steering at Optical Frequencies Using Metal-grating Antennas
Author :
Summers, Huw ; Matthews, Daniel ; Njoh, Kerenza ; Errington, Rachel
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ.
Abstract :
In this work we present results on beam steering of red light using sub-wavelength metallic grating antennas and show that highly directional beams with controlled emission angle and divergence can be achieved. We adopt a simple dipole array model to describe the photon-plasmon interactions
Keywords :
beam steering; diffraction gratings; dipole antenna arrays; laser beams; surface plasmons; beam divergence; beam-steering; controlled light emission; dipole array model; directional beams; optical frequencies; photon-plasmon interactions; red light; sub-wavelength metal-grating antennas; Corrugated surfaces; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Stimulated emission; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279223
