Title :
Numerical investigation of series connection of nanoshells in plasmon waveguide
Author :
Yuan-Fong Chau ; Shinn-Fwu Wang ; Yi Chu ; Jeng-Hua Wei ; Yang, Weiguo ; Yuh-Sien Sun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chien Hsin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Zhongli, Taiwan
Abstract :
A two-dimensional plasmon waveguide in the form of rows of silver-shell nanorods distributed in a hexagonal lattice is proposed and compared to the solid-silver case. Transport of energy flow due to surface plasmon coupling is investigated using finite element method for visible range wavelengths. The proposed waveguide is divided into several sections with each section consisting of ten nanorods. Results show that the waveguide energy flow exhibits long-ranging propagation (>8 μm or more) by using series connection of each section, which plays the major role in coupling between them.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; nanophotonics; optical waveguides; plasmonics; energy flow transport; finite element method; hexagonal lattice; long ranging propagation; nanoshells; series connection; surface plasmon coupling; two dimensional plasmon waveguide; visible range wavelength; plasmon waveguide; silver-shell nanorods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2012 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chonburi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4957-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4958-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2012.6486219
