Fiber-Coupled Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation in Imprinted Dielectric-Loaded Waveguides
Author(s) -
Andreas Seidel,
Jacek Gosciniak,
Marı́a Ujué González,
Jan Renger,
Carsten Reinhardt,
Roman Kiyan,
Romain Quidant,
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi,
Boris N. Chichkov
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1687-9392
pISSN - 1687-9384
DOI - 10.1155/2010/897829
Subject(s) - materials science , plasmon , surface plasmon polariton , dielectric , nanoimprint lithography , excitation , waveguide , wavelength , polarization (electrochemistry) , optoelectronics , surface plasmon , optics , physics , fabrication , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
We present fiber-coupled dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguides for1.55 μm telecom wavelength fabricated by two-photon polymerization andnanoimprint lithography. The waveguide structures include 100-μm-longplasmonic waveguides connected on both ends to tapered dielectric waveguidesused for end-fire coupling with optical fibers. The excitation of plasmonicwaveguides is verified via polarization-resolved measurements of theoverall transmission, demonstrating thereby that this technology is suitablein principle for the integration of plasmonic components into fiberoptics.Loss mechanisms are investigated and improvements suggestedto reduce transmission losses and consequently increase the viability ofpractical application
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