Surface plasmon modes of finite, planar, metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides

被引：85

作者：

Chen, Jing

Smolyakov, Gennady A.

Brueck, Steven R. J.

Malloy, Kevin J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New Mexico, Ctr High Technol Mat, Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.16.014902

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The numerical analysis of finite planar metal-insulator-metal waveguide structures using the transfer-matrix formalism reveals both bound and leaky surface plasmon (SP) modes. The dispersion relations, propagation lengths and confinement factors of these SP modes are presented. The highest energy SP mode consists of non-radiative (bound) and radiative (leaky) portions separated by a spectral gap. The leaky regime is further divided into antenna and reactive mode regions. The antenna mode may be used for both free-space coupling and beam steering devices. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.

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页码：14902 / 14909

页数：8

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