Excitation of plasmonic gap waveguides by nanoantennas Export

@article{citeulike:4241769, abstract = {We model and optimize the excitation of a plasmonic gap waveguide by a dipole antenna. The coupling efficiency strongly depends on antenna and waveguide properties where impedanec matching plays a critical role. The optimization of antenna lengths and gap widths shows that concepts of circuit networks can likewise be applied to optical frequencies. Using classical optimization schemes known from electrical engineering we manage to increase the coupling efficiency by a factor of 129 compared with the situation without antennas.}, author = {Wen, Jing and Romanov, Sergei and Peschel, Ulf}, citeulike-article-id = {4241769}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005925}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=177632}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.005925}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {metal, nanoantenna, numerical, spp, waveguide}, month = {April}, number = {8}, pages = {5925--5932}, posted-at = {2009-03-31 15:36:42}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Excitation of plasmonic gap waveguides by nanoantennas}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005925}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4241769 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4241769 N2 - We model and optimize the excitation of a plasmonic gap waveguide by a dipole antenna. The coupling efficiency strongly depends on antenna and waveguide properties where impedanec matching plays a critical role. The optimization of antenna lengths and gap widths shows that concepts of circuit networks can likewise be applied to optical frequencies. Using classical optimization schemes known from electrical engineering we manage to increase the coupling efficiency by a factor of 129 compared with the situation without antennas. IS - 8 JF - Opt. Express EP - 5932 TI - Excitation of plasmonic gap waveguides by nanoantennas PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 5925 KW - metal KW - nanoantenna KW - numerical KW - spp KW - waveguide AU - Wen, Jing AU - Romanov, Sergei AU - Peschel, Ulf PY - 2009/April/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005925 ER -