Waveguided spoof surface plasmons with deep-subwavelength lateral confinement

We present a new type of waveguide scheme for terahertz circuitry based on the concept of spoof surface plasmons. This structure is composed of a one-dimensional array of L-shaped metallic elements horizontally attached to a metal surface. The dispersion relation of the surface electromagnetic modes...

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Autores: Martín Cano, Diego, Quevedo-Teruel, O., Moreno Soriano, Esteban, Martín-Moreno, L., García Vidal, Fco. José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/705839
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/705839
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.004635
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optics
Optoelectronic Devices
Dispersion Relations
Electromagnetic Modes
Lateral Confinement
Lateral Dimension
Metallic Elements
One-Dimensional Arrays
Propagation lengths
Spoof Surface Plasmons
Física
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Sumario:We present a new type of waveguide scheme for terahertz circuitry based on the concept of spoof surface plasmons. This structure is composed of a one-dimensional array of L-shaped metallic elements horizontally attached to a metal surface. The dispersion relation of the surface electromagnetic modes supported by this system presents a very weak dependence with the lateral dimension, and the modes are very deep-subwavelength confined with a long enough propagation length