Increasing surface plasmons propagation via photonic nanojets with periodically spaced 3D dielectric cuboids

A structure based on periodically arranged 3D dielectric cuboids connected by photonic nanojets (PNJs) is proposed with the aim of increasing the propagation distance of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the telecom wavelength of 1550 nm. The performance of the structure is evaluated and compared...

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Autores: Pacheco-Peña, Víctor, Minin, Igor V., Minin, Oleg V., Beruete Díaz, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/20309
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/20309
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photonic nanojets
Surface plasmons
Optical waveguide
Dielectric waveguide
Telecom wavelengths
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Sumario:A structure based on periodically arranged 3D dielectric cuboids connected by photonic nanojets (PNJs) is proposed with the aim of increasing the propagation distance of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the telecom wavelength of 1550 nm. The performance of the structure is evaluated and compared with the case without the cuboids demonstrating that the SPPs propagation length is enhanced by a factor greater than 2, reaching a value of approximately 190, when the gap between the cuboids is 2.50. Also, the dependence of the propagation length with the height of the cubes is evaluated, showing that this parameter is critical for a good performance of the chain. A subwavelength resolution is obtained for all the jets generated at the output of the cuboids.