DocumentCode
689785
Title
Radiation pattern of plasmonic Yagi-Uda antennas in a homogeneous medium realized by liquid-immersion method
Author
Sugita, Tsuyoshi ; Maeda, Shigenobu ; Hofmann, Heath F. ; Kadoya, Yutaka
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Adv. Sci. of Matter, Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The radiation pattern of plasmon-based optical Yagi-Uda antenna was measured in a quasi-homogeneous medium realized by immersing the antenna in a liquid. The directional gain of the 5-element antenna was found to be about 3.7, consistently with the theoretical prediction.
Keywords
Yagi antenna arrays; measurement by laser beam; metamaterial antennas; plasmonics; surface plasmons; directional gain; liquid-immersion method; plasmon-based optical Yagi-Uda antenna; quasihomogeneous medium; radiation pattern measurement; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Measurement by laser beam; Optical variables measurement; Substrates; Yagi-Uda antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6834172
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