Experimental demonstration of fiber-accessible metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides for planar energy guiding and sensing

By S. A. Maier, Michelle D. Friedman, P. Barclay, Oskar J. Painter. 2004

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Experimental evidence of mode-selective evanescent power coupling at telecommunication frequencies with efficiencies up to 75% from a tapered optical fiber to a metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguide is presented. The waveguide consists of a two-dimensional square lattice of lithographically defined Au nanoparticles on an optically thin silicon membrane. The dispersion and attenuation properties of the waveguide are analyzed using the fiber taper. The high efficiency of power transfer into these waveguides solves the coupling problem between conventional optics and plasmonic devices and could lead to the development of highly efficient plasmonic sensors and optical switches.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications (2007, background): “tected power at the end of the fiber at λ = 1590 nm is due to power transfer to the plasmon waveguide, in this case with a coupling efficiency of about 75% [Maier et al., 2005].”
Plasmonics: Metal Nanostructures for Subwavelength Photonic Devices (2006, methodology): “zone folding, and thus enables efficient power transfer from optical-fiber tapers brought into close proximity to the waveguide [39].”
Plasmonics: The Promise of Highly Integrated Optical Devices (2006, background): “retically described [37] and experimentally demonstrated [38].”
A single-photon transistor using nanoscale surface plasmons (2007, background): “, tapered wires or nanotips [14, 25]) and engineering of SP dispersion relations [34] via periodic structures.”