Increasing surface plasmons propagation via photonic nanojets with periodically spaced 3D dielectric cuboids
Fecha
2016Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.3390/photonics3010010
Resumen
A structure based on periodically arranged 3D dielectric cuboids connected by photonic nanojets (PNJs) is proposed with the aim of increasing the propagation distance of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the telecom wavelength of 1550 nm. The performance of the structure is evaluated and compared with the case without the cuboids demonstrating that the SPPs propagation length is enhanced by a ...
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A structure based on periodically arranged 3D dielectric cuboids connected by photonic nanojets (PNJs) is proposed with the aim of increasing the propagation distance of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the telecom wavelength of 1550 nm. The performance of the structure is evaluated and compared with the case without the cuboids demonstrating that the SPPs propagation length is enhanced by a factor greater than 2, reaching a value of approximately 190, when the gap between the cuboids is 2.50. Also, the dependence of the propagation length with the height of the cubes is evaluated, showing that this parameter is critical for a good performance of the chain. A subwavelength resolution is obtained for all the jets generated at the output of the cuboids. [--]
Materias
Photonic nanojets,
Surface plasmons,
Optical waveguide,
Dielectric waveguide,
Telecom wavelengths
Editor
MDPI
Publicado en
Photonics 2016, 3 (1)
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
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Entidades Financiadoras
This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under contract TEC2014-51902-C2-2-R and partially was supported by the Mendeleev scientific fund of Tomsk State University No 8.2.48.2015. V.P.-P. is sponsored by Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte under grant FPU AP-2012-3796. M.B. is sponsored by the Spanish Government via RYC-2011-08221.