Title :
Engineered plasmon focusing on functional gratings
Author :
Offerhaus, H.L. ; van den Bergen, B. ; van Hulst, Niek F.
Author_Institution :
MESA Res. Inst., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We report on the engineering of plasmon propagation and focusing by dedicated curved gratings and noncollinear phasematching. Gratings were created on gold by focused ion beam milling and plasmons were measured using phase sensitive PSTM.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; diffraction gratings; focused ion beam technology; gold; milling; nanotechnology; optical focusing; optical microscopy; optical phase matching; surface plasmons; Au; dedicated curved gratings; engineered plasmon focusing; focused ion beam milling; functional gratings; gold; noncollinear phasematching; phase sensitive photon scanning tunneling microscope; plasmon propagation engineering; plasmons measurement; Diffraction; Fourier transforms; Gold; Gratings; Lighting; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Particle beam optics; Plasmons; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548709
