Characteristics of Nanoscale Modes Guided by the Total External Reflection of Surface Plasmon-Polaritons

被引：0

作者：

Seol, Kang Hee ^{[1
]}

Song, Seok Ho ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hanyang Univ, Dept Phys, 17 Haengdang Dong, Seoul 136791, South Korea

来源：

KOREAN JOURNAL OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS | 2012年 / 23卷 / 01期

关键词：

Surface plasmon polaritons; Nanocavity lasers; Total external reflection;

D O I：

10.3807/KJOP.2012.23.1.036

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Total external reflection (TER), which does not occur on a dielectric interface, is a unique feature of surface plasmon-polaritons (SPP). We propose an SPP-TER waveguide structure consisting of low-index dielectric nanocore covered with high-index dielectric on a flat metal surface. The SPP mode confined in the nanocore by the TER effect has a mode size much smaller than wavelength scale. Numerical comparison of mode characteristics between the SPP-TER waveguides and other total-internal-reflection-based waveguides such as metal or high-index dielectric nanowires show that the SPP-TER structures can possess higher modal gain for applications of nanocavity lasers.

引用

页码：36 / 41

页数：6

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