Open AccessEffects of the equivalent coupling layer on ultra-long-range surface-plasmon-polariton waves
Author(s) -
Chih-Sheng Yu,
YiJun Jen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.007982
Subject(s) - surface plasmon polariton , optics , surface plasmon , admittance , materials science , polarization (electrochemistry) , plasmon , optoelectronics , physics , electrical impedance , chemistry , quantum mechanics
The mechanism and design of p- and s- polarized ultra-long-range surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) propagation in the configuration {prism/ equivalent coupling layer (ECL)/ silver film (20 nm)/ equivalent substrate (ES)} are investigated using a normalized admittance diagram (NAD). The excitation of ultra-long-range SPP waves is characterized as a huge open loop of the NAD of the metal film at a designated angle of incidence. We propose three kinds of ECLs to complete the multilayer ultra-long-range SPP design: the normalized admittance of the ECL is (i) real (ii) infinite (iii) imaginary. The ultra-long propagation lengths in the three designs are compared at a wavelength of 632.8 nm for p- and s-polarization states.