• DocumentCode
    547066
  • Title

    Surface-plasmon coupled X-apertures for optical field enhancement and localization

  • Author

    Abashin, Maxim ; Agrawal, Amit ; Lezec, Henri

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanoscale Sci. & Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design, fabricate and characterize periodic arrays of X-shaped nano-aperture antennas in Ag films. By matching the plasmonic resonance of individual antennas to that of the array, we demonstrate high field enhancement and localization.
  • Keywords
    antennas; nanophotonics; silver; surface plasmons; Ag; X-shaped nanoaperture antennas; individual antennas; optical field enhancement; optical field localization; periodic arrays; plasmonic resonance; surface-plasmon coupled X-apertures; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Films; Finite difference methods; Optical device fabrication; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951595