Diffraction limited focusing and routing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens
Abstract
Passive optical elements can play key roles in photonic applications such as plasmonic integrated circuits. Here we experimentally demonstrate passive gap-plasmon focusing and routing in two-dimensions. This is accomplished using a high numerical-aperture metal-dielectric-metal lens incorporated into a planar-waveguide device. Fabrication via metal sputtering, oxide deposition, electron- and focused-ion- beam lithography, and argon ion-milling is reported on in detail. Diffraction-limited focusing is optically characterized by sampling out-coupled light with a microscope. The measured focal distance and full-width-half-maximum spot size agree well with the calculated lens performance. The surface plasmon polariton propagation length is measured by sampling light from multiple out-coupler slits.
- Authors:
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- State Univ. of New York, Piscataway, NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.
- Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials.
- Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics.
- National Institute of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1215674
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; FA9550-09-1-0698; 70NANB14H030; 70NANB14H259; DMR-1104884
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; electro-optical devices; integrated optics devices; optical microelectromechanical devices; plasmonics; nanophotonics and photonic crystals
Citation Formats
Dennis, Brian S., Czaplewski, David A., Haftel, Michael I., Lopez, Daniel, Blumberg, Girsh, and Aksyuk, Vladimir. Diffraction limited focusing and routing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.23.021899.
Dennis, Brian S., Czaplewski, David A., Haftel, Michael I., Lopez, Daniel, Blumberg, Girsh, & Aksyuk, Vladimir. Diffraction limited focusing and routing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.021899
Dennis, Brian S., Czaplewski, David A., Haftel, Michael I., Lopez, Daniel, Blumberg, Girsh, and Aksyuk, Vladimir. Wed .
"Diffraction limited focusing and routing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.021899. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1215674.
@article{osti_1215674,
title = {Diffraction limited focusing and routing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens},
author = {Dennis, Brian S. and Czaplewski, David A. and Haftel, Michael I. and Lopez, Daniel and Blumberg, Girsh and Aksyuk, Vladimir},
abstractNote = {Passive optical elements can play key roles in photonic applications such as plasmonic integrated circuits. Here we experimentally demonstrate passive gap-plasmon focusing and routing in two-dimensions. This is accomplished using a high numerical-aperture metal-dielectric-metal lens incorporated into a planar-waveguide device. Fabrication via metal sputtering, oxide deposition, electron- and focused-ion- beam lithography, and argon ion-milling is reported on in detail. Diffraction-limited focusing is optically characterized by sampling out-coupled light with a microscope. The measured focal distance and full-width-half-maximum spot size agree well with the calculated lens performance. The surface plasmon polariton propagation length is measured by sampling light from multiple out-coupler slits.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.021899},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 17,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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