Open AccessIntegrated plasmonic semi-circular launcher for dielectric-loaded surface plasmon-polariton waveguide
Author(s) -
Xiaowei Li,
Lingling Huang,
Qiaofeng Tan,
Benfeng Bai,
Guofan Jin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.006541
Subject(s) - surface plasmon polariton , optics , plasmon , surface plasmon , waveguide , polarization (electrochemistry) , nanophotonics , dielectric , optoelectronics , materials science , physics , chemistry
A semi-circular plasmonic launcher integrated with dielectric-loaded surface plasmon-polaritons waveguide (DLSPPW) is proposed and analyzed theoretically, which can focus and efficiently couple the excited surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) into the DLSPPW via the highly matched spatial field distribution with the waveguide mode in the focal plane. By tuning the incident angle or polarization of the illuminating beam, it is shown that the launcher may be conveniently used as a switch or a multiplexer that have potential applications in plasmonic circuitry. Furthermore, from an applicational point of view, it is analyzed how the coupling performance of the launcher can be further improved by employing multiple semi-circular slits.