Title :
A nanoplasmonic contour bowtie for nanoscale confinement of midinfrared radiation
Author :
Sederberg, S. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
The geometry of a traditional plasmonic bowtie antenna is modified in order to red-shift the resonant wavelength of the antenna while maintaining its footprint area constant. This design also increases the gap enhancement.
Keywords :
bow-tie antennas; nanophotonics; plasmonics; gap enhancement; midinfrared radiation nanoscale confinement; nanoplasmonic contour bowtie antenna; red-shift; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Geometry; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
