A low-loss metal-insulator-metal plasmonic bragg reflector

doi:10.1364/OE.14.011318

A low-loss metal-insulator-metal plasmonic bragg reflector

Amir Hosseini and Yehia Massoud »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 23, pp. 11318-11323 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.011318

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a low-loss plasmonic Bragg reflector structure with high light-confinement. We show that periodic changes in the dielectric materials of the metal-insulator-metal waveguides can be utilized to design efficient subwavelength Bragg reflectors and micro-cavities. FDTD simulation results of the designed Bragg reflector using realistic material parameters justify that the transfer matrix calculations are adequate for the design purposes.

OCIS Codes
(230.7390) Optical devices : Waveguides, planar
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: August 9, 2006
Revised Manuscript: September 20, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 21, 2006
Published: November 13, 2006

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Amir Hosseini and Yehia Massoud, "A low-loss metal-insulator-metal plasmonic bragg reflector," Opt. Express 14, 11318-11323 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-23-11318

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H. Reather, Suface Plasmons (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Springer Berlin, 1988).
E. Yablonovitch, "Inhibited spontaneous emission in solid-state physics and electronics," Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2059-2062 (1987). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Mekis, J. C. Chen, I. Kurland, S. Fan, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, "High transmission through sharp bends in photonic crystal waveguides," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3787-3790 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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S. I. Bozhevolnyi, J. Erland, K. Leosson, P. M. W. Skovgaard, and J. M. Hvam, "Waveguiding in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3008-3011 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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A. Degiron and D. R. Smith, "Numerical simulation of long-range plasmons," Opt. Express 14, 1611-1625 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media (Wiley, New York, 1988).
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J. A. Dionne, L. A. Sweatlock, and H. A. Atwater, "Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization," Phys. Rev. B 73, 035407 (2006). [CrossRef]
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J. Q. Xi, M. Ojha, W. Cho, J. L. Plawsky, W. N. Gill, T. Gessmann, and EF. Schubert, "Omnidirectional reflector using nanoporous SiO2 as a low-refractive-index material," Opt. Lett. 30, 1518-1520 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. A. Hobson, S. Wedge, J. A. E. Wasey, I. Sage, and W. L. Barnes, "Surface plasmon mediated emission from organic light-emitting diodes," Adv. Mater. 14, 1393-1396 (2005). [CrossRef]

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[1] H. Reather, Suface Plasmons (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Springer Berlin, 1988).

[2] E. Yablonovitch, "Inhibited spontaneous emission in solid-state physics and electronics," Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2059-2062 (1987). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] A. Mekis, J. C. Chen, I. Kurland, S. Fan, P. R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos, "High transmission through sharp bends in photonic crystal waveguides," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3787-3790 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Natrue 424, 824-830 (2003). [CrossRef]

[5] S. I. Bozhevolnyi, J. Erland, K. Leosson, P. M. W. Skovgaard, and J. M. Hvam, "Waveguiding in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3008-3011 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] J. C. Weeber, Y. Lacroute, A. Dereux, E. Devaux, T. Ebbesen, C. Girard, M. U. Gonzalez, and A. L. Baudrion, "Near-field characterization of bragg mirrors engraved in surface plasmon waveguides,"Phys. Rev. B 70, 235406 (2004). [CrossRef]

[7] R. Zia, M. D. Selker, P. B. Catrysse, and M. L. Brongersma, "Geometries and materials for subwavelength surface plasmon modes," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 2442-2446 (2004). [CrossRef]

[8] A. Degiron and D. R. Smith, "Numerical simulation of long-range plasmons," Opt. Express 14, 1611-1625 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] P. Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media (Wiley, New York, 1988).

[10] B. Wang and G. P. Wang, "Plasmon bragg reflectors and nanocavities on flat metallic surfaces," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 013107 (2005). [CrossRef]

[11] J. A. Dionne, L. A. Sweatlock, and H. A. Atwater, "Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization," Phys. Rev. B 73, 035407 (2006). [CrossRef]

[12] G. Veronis and S. Fan, "Subwavelength plasmonic waveguide structures based on slots in thin metal films," in Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies X, Y. Sidorin, C. A. Waechter, eds., Proc. SPIE 6123, 612308 (2006). [CrossRef]

[13] P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, "Optical Constants of the Noble Metals," Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370-4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

[14] E. D. Palik, Handbook of Optical Constants and Solids (C Academic, Orlando, Fla, 1985).

[15] R. Charbonneau, P. Berini, E. Berolo, and E. Lisicka-Shrzek, "Experimental observation of plasmon-polariton waves supported by a thin metal film of finite width," Opt. Lett. 25, 844-846 (2000). [CrossRef]

[16] J. Q. Xi, M. Ojha, W. Cho, J. L. Plawsky, W. N. Gill, T. Gessmann, and EF. Schubert, "Omnidirectional reflector using nanoporous SiO2 as a low-refractive-index material," Opt. Lett. 30, 1518-1520 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] P. A. Hobson, S. Wedge, J. A. E. Wasey, I. Sage, and W. L. Barnes, "Surface plasmon mediated emission from organic light-emitting diodes," Adv. Mater. 14, 1393-1396 (2005). [CrossRef]

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