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

Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 071103 (2005); doi:10.1063/1.1862340

Published 7 February 2005

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Stefan A. Maier, Michelle D. Friedman, Paul E. Barclay, and Oskar Painter
Thomas J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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. ©2005 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 12 April 2004; accepted 12 December 2004; published 7 February 2005
Permalink: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/86/071103/1
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 42.81.Pa
    Fiber optic sensors, fiber gyros
  • 42.79.Gn
    Optical waveguides and couplers
  • 42.81.Dp
    Optical propagation, scattering, and losses in fibers; solitons
  • 73.20.Mf
    Collective excitations (surface/interface states) including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations
  • 42.82.Cr
    Optical fabrication techniques; lithography, pattern transfer (integrated optics)
  • 81.16.Nd
    Nanolithography in nanofabrication and processing
  • YEAR: 2005

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