Semiconductor surface plasmon sources.

Autor: Babuty A; Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR 7587, LOP, 75005 Paris, France., Bousseksou A, Tetienne JP, Doyen IM, Sirtori C, Beaudoin G, Sagnes I, De Wilde Y, Colombelli R
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2010 Jun 04; Vol. 104 (22), pp. 226806. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jun 04.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.226806
Abstrakt: Surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are propagating electromagnetic modes bound at a metal-dielectric interface. We report on electrical generation of SPPs by reproducing the analogue in the near field of the slit-doublet experiment, in a device which includes all the building blocks required for a fully integrated plasmonic active source: an electrical generator of SPPs, a coupler, and a passive metallic waveguide. SPPs are generated upon injection of electrical current, and they are then launched at the edges of a passive metallic strip. The interference fringes arising from the plasmonic standing wave on the surface of the metallic strip are unambiguously detected with apertureless near-field scanning optical microscopy.
Databáze: MEDLINE