Mode Conversion of Propagating Surface Plasmons in Nanophotonic Networks Induced by Structural Symmetry Breaking

ABSTRACT: Nanophotonic plasmon circuits may play important roles in next-generation information technology as semiconductor-based electronics is approaching the physical limit. The functions of such circuits rely on the rigorous control of plasmon propagation. One important aspect of such control is controlling the conversion of different plasmon modes for designed plasmon routing in complex nanophotonic networks. Here, for the first time, we experimentally prove that the conversion of plasmon modes occurs widely in metallic nanowire waveguides, the basic components of plasmonic circuits, by introducing local structural symmetry breaking. In further simulations for the structure of a nanowire with a particle in its proximity, it is shown that the mode conversions originate from the redistribution of

SUBMITTER: Pan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4023128 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature