Title :
Metal Nanoparticle Chains as Light Couplers
Author :
Modak, Sushrut ; Patil, Aniket ; Patil, Raj ; Garde, Chandra Shekhar ; Vengurlekar, A.S. ; Gopal, Achanta Venu ; Purandare, R.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Vishwakarma Inst. of Inf. Technol., Pune, India
Abstract :
We have studied metal nanoparticle chains for their efficiency in coupling light and thus as sub-diffraction limit waveguides by finite difference time domain simulations using realistic material parameters. To couple light to and from the metal nanoparticles, tapered waveguides have been designed.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; light diffraction; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; finite difference time domain simulations; light couplers; metal nanoparticle chains; sub-diffraction limit waveguides; tapered waveguides; Couplings; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience, Technology and Societal Implications (NSTSI), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bhubaneswar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2035-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSTSI.2011.6111806
