Compact gradual bends for channel plasmon polaritons
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 10, pp. 4494-4503 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.004494
Enhanced HTML 
Acrobat PDF (845 KB)
Abstract
We report the design, fabrication and characterization of compact gradual bends for channel plasmon polaritons (CPPs) being excited at telecom wavelengths. We obtain high-quality near-field optical images of CPP modes propagating along a bent V-groove in gold, which indicate good CPP mode confinement in the groove and efficient guiding around the compact S-bend connecting two 5-µm-offset grooves over a distance of 5 µm. Using averaged cross sections of the CPP intensity distributions before and after the S-bend, the total bend loss is evaluated and found to be close to 2.3 dB for the wavelengths in the range of 1430-1640 nm.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(180.5810) Microscopy : Scanning microscopy
(230.7380) Optical devices : Waveguides, channeled
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
ToC Category:
Optics at Surfaces
History
Original Manuscript: March 13, 2006
Revised Manuscript: April 25, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: April 26, 2006
Published: May 15, 2006
Citation
Valentyn S. Volkov, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Eloïse Devaux, and Thomas W. Ebbesen, "Compact gradual bends for channel plasmon polaritons," Opt. Express 14, 4494-4503 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-10-4494
Sort: Year | Journal | Reset
References
- D. L. Lee, Electromagnetic principles of integrated optics (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1986).
- L. Eldada and L. W. Shacklette, "Advances in polymer integrated optics," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 6, 54-68 (2000). [CrossRef]
- P. Coudray, P. Etienne, and Y. Moreau, "Integrated optics based on organo-mineral materials," Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 3, 331-341 (2000). [CrossRef]
- B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1991). [CrossRef]
- H. Raether, Surface Plasmons (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988).
- W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Nature 424, 824-830 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- S. I. Bozhevolnyi, V. S. Volkov, K. Leosson, and A. Boltasseva, "Bend loss in surface plasmon polariton band-gap structures," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1076-1078 (2001). [CrossRef]
- B. Lamprecht, J. R. Krenn, G. Schider, H. Ditlbacher, M. Salerno, N. Felidji, A. Leitner. F. R. Aussenegg, and J. C. Weeber, "Surface plasmon propagation in microscale metal stripes," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 51 (2001). [CrossRef]
- S. A. Maier, M. L. Brongersma, P. G. Kirk, S. Meltzer, A. A. G. Reguicha, and H. A. Atwater, "Plasmons - a route to nanoscale optical devices," Adv. Mater. 13, 1501-1505 (2001). [CrossRef]
- J. R. Krenn, H. Ditlbacher, G. Schider, A. Hohenau, A. Leitner, and F. R. Aussenegg, "Surface plasmon micro- and nano-optics," J. Microsc. 209, 167 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- A. Hohenau, J. R. Krenn, A. L. Stepanov, A. Drezet, H. Ditlbacher, B. Steinberg, A. Leitner, and F. R. Aussenegg, "Dielectric optical elements for surface plasmons," Opt. Lett. 30, 893-895 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- K. Tanaka, and M. Tanaka, "Simulations of nanometric optical circuits based on surface plasmon polariton gap waveguide," Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1158-1160 (2003). [CrossRef]
- L. Liu, Z. Han, and S. He, "Novel surface plasmon waveguide for high integration," Opt. Express 13, 6645-6650 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- H. Gao, H. Shi, C. Wang, C. Du, X. Luo, Q. Deng, Y. Lv, X. Lin, and H. Yao, "Surface plasmon polariton propagation and combination in Y-shaped metallic channels," Opt. Express 13, 10795-10800 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- J. Q. Lu, and A. A. Maradudin, "Channel plasmons," Phys. Rev. B 42, 11159-11165 (1990). [CrossRef]
- I. V. Novikov, and A. A. Maradudin, "Channel polaritons," Phys. Rev. B 66, 035403 (2002). [CrossRef]
- D. F. P. Pile, and D. K. Gramotnev, "Channel plasmon-polariton in a triangular groove on a metal surface," Opt. Lett. 29, 1069-1071 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- D. K. Gramotnev, and D. F. P. Pile, "Single-mode subwavelength waveguide with channel plasmon-polaritons in triangular grooves on a metal surface," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 6323-6325 (2004). [CrossRef]
- D. F. P. Pile, and D. K. Gramotnev, "Plasmonic subwavelength waveguides: next to zero losses at sharp bends," Opt. Lett. 30, 1186-1188 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Bozhevolnyi, S. I. , Volkov, V. S. , Devaux, E. & Ebbesen, T. W. "Channel plasmon-polariton guiding by subwavelength metal grooves," Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 046802 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- V.S. Volkov, S. I. Bozhevolnyi, P.I. Borel, L. H. Frandsen, and M. Kristensen, "Near-field characterization of low-loss photonic crystal waveguides," Phys. Rev. B, 72, 035118 (2005). [CrossRef]
- A. Kumar, and S. Aditya, "Performance of S-bends for integrated-optic waveguides," Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett. 19, 289-292 (1998). [CrossRef]
- I. Bozhevolnyi, V.S. Volkov, T. Søndergaard, A. Boltasseva, P.I. Borel and M. Kristensen, "Near-field imaging of light propagation in photonic crystal waveguides: Explicit role of Bloch harmonics," Phys. Rev. B, 66, 235204 (2002). [CrossRef]
- S. I. Bozhevolnyi, B. Vohnsen, and E. A. Bozhevolnaya, "Transfer functions in collection scanning near-field optical microscopy," Opt. Commun. 172, 171-179 (1999). [CrossRef]
- D. F. P. Pile, T. Ogawa, D. K. Gramotnev, T. Okamoto, M. Haraguchi, M. Fukui, and S. Matsuo, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of strongly localized plasmons on triangular metal wedges for subwavelength waveguiding," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 061106 1-3 (2005). [CrossRef]
Cited By |
 Alert me when this paper is cited |
OSA is able to provide readers links to articles that cite this paper by participating in CrossRef's Cited-By Linking service. CrossRef includes content from more than 3000 publishers and societies. In addition to listing OSA journal articles that cite this paper, citing articles from other participating publishers will also be listed.
Related Journal Articles 
- Observation of propagation of surface plasmon polaritons along line defects in a periodically corrugated metal surface (OL)
- Near-field imaging of surface plasmon-polariton guiding in band gap structures at telecom wavelengths (OE)
- Adiabatic bends in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures (OE)
- Effective-index modeling of channel plasmon polaritons (OE)
- Dispersion characteristics of channel plasmon polariton waveguides with step-trench-type grooves (OE)
Related Conference Papers
- Plasmon-Resonant Field Enhancement Metallic Tip-Substrate Systems
- Plasmon-Resonant Field Enhancement Metallic Tip-Substrate Systems
- Visualizing Surface Plasmon Polariton Wavepackets in Space and Time
- Spatial and Spectral Imaging of Different Polarization Components of the Optical Near-Field
- Ultrahigh Resolution Scattering Near-field Vibrational Microscopy with Single Molecule Sensitivity
« Previous Article | Next Article »
OSA is a member of 