Direct photonic-plasmonic coupling and routing in single nanowires.

ABSTRACT: Metallic nanoscale structures are capable of supporting surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), propagating collective electron oscillations with tight spatial confinement at the metal surface. SPPs represent one of the most promising structures to beat the diffraction limit imposed by conventional dielectric optics. Ag nano wires have drawn increasing research attention due to 2D sub-100 nm mode confinement and lower losses as compared with fabricated metal structures. However, rational and versatile integration of Ag nanowires with other active and passive optical components, as well as Ag nanowire based optical routing networks, has yet to be achieved. Here, we demonstrate that SPPs can be excited simply by contacting a silver nanowire with a SnO(2) nanoribbon that serves both as an unpolari

SUBMITTER: Yan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2795563 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature