Title :
Direct measurements of propagation losses in silver nanowires
Author :
Ma, Yaoguang ; Li, Xiyuan ; Tong, Limin
Author_Institution :
State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Abstract :
Propagation losses of surface plasmons in single silver nanowire waveguides were obtained by measuring light intensity at the end of a silver nanowire. Surface plasmons were excited directly by a tapered fiber. A typical propagation loss of 0.53 dB/εm was obtained.
Keywords :
Loss measurement; Nanowires; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Scanning electron microscopy; Silver; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
