Low-power light guiding and localization in optoplasmonic chains obtained by directed self-assembly
Abstract
Here, optoplasmonic structures contain plasmonic components embedded in a defined photonic environment to create synergistic interactions between photonic and plasmonic components. Here, we show that chains of optical microspheres containing gold nanoparticles in their evanescent field combine the light guiding properties of a microsphere chain with the light localizing properties of a plasmonic nanoantenna. We implement these materials through template guided self-assembly and investigate their fundamental electromagnetic working principles through combination of electromagnetic simulations and experimental characterization. We demonstrate that optoplasmonic chains implemented by directed self-assembly achieve a significant reduction in guiding losses when compared with conventional plasmonic waveguides and, at the same time, retain the light localizing properties of plasmonic antennas at pre-defined locations. The results reinforce the potential of optoplasmonic structures for realizing low-loss optical interconnects with high bandwidth.
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- Boston Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Boston Univ., MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1252899
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- SC0010679
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
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- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; nanoscale materials; optical materials and structure
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Ahn, Wonmi, Zhao, Xin, Hong, Yan, and Reinhard, Bjorn M. Low-power light guiding and localization in optoplasmonic chains obtained by directed self-assembly. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep22621.
Ahn, Wonmi, Zhao, Xin, Hong, Yan, & Reinhard, Bjorn M. Low-power light guiding and localization in optoplasmonic chains obtained by directed self-assembly. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22621
Ahn, Wonmi, Zhao, Xin, Hong, Yan, and Reinhard, Bjorn M. Wed .
"Low-power light guiding and localization in optoplasmonic chains obtained by directed self-assembly". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22621. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252899.
@article{osti_1252899,
title = {Low-power light guiding and localization in optoplasmonic chains obtained by directed self-assembly},
author = {Ahn, Wonmi and Zhao, Xin and Hong, Yan and Reinhard, Bjorn M.},
abstractNote = {Here, optoplasmonic structures contain plasmonic components embedded in a defined photonic environment to create synergistic interactions between photonic and plasmonic components. Here, we show that chains of optical microspheres containing gold nanoparticles in their evanescent field combine the light guiding properties of a microsphere chain with the light localizing properties of a plasmonic nanoantenna. We implement these materials through template guided self-assembly and investigate their fundamental electromagnetic working principles through combination of electromagnetic simulations and experimental characterization. We demonstrate that optoplasmonic chains implemented by directed self-assembly achieve a significant reduction in guiding losses when compared with conventional plasmonic waveguides and, at the same time, retain the light localizing properties of plasmonic antennas at pre-defined locations. The results reinforce the potential of optoplasmonic structures for realizing low-loss optical interconnects with high bandwidth.},
doi = {10.1038/srep22621},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
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year = {Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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