Applied Physics Letters
Feedback | Help | Exit
Applied Physics Letters
Search:
   
 
 
 
Previous Article
Cavity-enhanced photocurrent generation by 1.55  µm wavelengths linear absorption in a p-i-n diode embedded silicon microring resonator
We demonstrate 20-fold cavity-enhanced photocurrent generation in 1.55  µm wavelengths in a p-i-n diode embedded silicon microring resonator with Q factor of 8000. The on-resonance wav...
Next Article
Terahertz microfluidic sensor based on a parallel-plate waveguide resonant cavity
We describe a terahertz optical resonator that is ideally suited for highly sensitive and noninvasive refractive-index monitoring. The resonator is formed by machining a rectangular groove into one pl...

Plasmonic waveguide as an efficient transducer for high-density data storage

Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 171112 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3257701

Published 30 October 2009

You are not logged in to this journal. Log in

D. O'Connor,1 M. McCurry,2 B. Lafferty,2 and A. V. Zayats1
1Centre for Nanostructured Media, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
2Seagate Technology, 1 Disc Drive, Derry BT48 0BF, United Kingdom
A design of high optical throughput nanoscale light sources has been proposed based on plasmonic wedge waveguides. It provides localization of the 1500 nm wavelength light at the output of less than 30×30  nm2 area at about 80% coupling efficiency from a dielectric loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguide and nearly 90% efficient power deposition in the absorbing media placed at the output for an experimentally viable 10 nm apex radius of the wedge. Such nanoscale light sources can be useful for high-density data storage, scanning near-field optical microscopy, and sensing. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 17 July 2009; accepted 9 October 2009; published 30 October 2009
Permalink: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/95/171112/1
BUY THIS ARTICLE   (US$24)
Download HTML Download Sectioned HTML Download PDF (251 kB) View Cart

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS

RELATED DATABASES


To view database links for this article,
you need to log in.
To view database links for this article,
you need to log in.

PUBLICATION DATA

ISSN:
0003-6951 (print)   1077-3118 (online)
Publisher:
AIP is a member of CrossRef AIP

REFERENCES (14)
View in Separate Window/Tab
For access to fully linked references, you need to log in. For access to fully linked references, you need to Log in.
  1. A. S. van de Nes, J. J. M. Braat, and S. F. Pereira, Rep. Prog. Phys. 69, 2323 (2006).
  2. T. W. McDaniel, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, R315 (2005).
  3. W. A. Challener, E. Gage, A. Itagi, and C. Peng, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 45, 6632 (2006).
  4. H. J. Lezec, A. Degiron, E. Devaux, R. A. Linke, L. Martin-Moreno, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, and T. W. Ebbesen, Science 297, 820 (2002).
  5. Y. Wang, W. Srituravanich, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, Nano Lett. 8, 3041 (2008).
  6. W. A. Challener, C. Peng, A. V. Itagi, D. Karns, W. Peng, Y. Peng, X. Yang, X. Zhu, N. J. Gokemeijer, Y. -T. Hsia, G. Ju, R. E. Rottmayer, M. A. Seigler, and E. C. Gage, Nature Photon. 3, 220 (2009).
  7. R. Yang, M. A. Abushagur, and Z. Lu, Opt. Express 16, 20142 (2008).
  8. Plasmonic Nanoguides and Circuits, edited by S. I. Bozhevolnyi (Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2008).
  9. A. V. Krasavin and A. V. Zayats, Phys. Rev. B 78, 045425 (2008).
  10. T. Ogawa, D. F. P. Pile, T. Okamoto, M. Haraguchi, M. Fukui, and D. K. Gramotnev, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 033102 (2008)
    11. D. K. Gramotnev and K. C. Vernon, Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 86, 7 (2007).
  11. M. Yan and M. Qiu, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 2333 (2007).
  12. E. Moreno, S. G. Rodrigo, S. I. Bozhevolnyi, L. Martin- Moreno, and F. J. Garcia-Vidal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 023901 (2008).
  13. J. Henzie, E. -S. Kwak, and T. W. Odom, Nano Lett. 5, 1199 (2005).
  14. M. I. Stockman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 137404 (2004).

CITING ARTICLES
For access to citing articles, you need to log in.
For access to citing articles, you need to Log in.


Copyright © American Institute of Physics