Extracting and focusing of surface plasmon polaritons inside finite asymmetric metal/insulator/metal structure at
apex of optical fiber by subwavelength holes

Yasushi Oshikane; Kensuke Murai; Motohiro Nakano

doi:10.1117/12.2023833

18 September 2013 Extracting and focusing of surface plasmon polaritons inside finite asymmetric metal/insulator/metal structure at apex of optical fiber by subwavelength holes

Yasushi Oshikane, Kensuke Murai, Motohiro Nakano

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Proceedings Volume 8809, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI; 880919 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023833
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We have been studied a finite asymmetric metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure on glass plate for near-future visible light communication (VLC) system with white LED illuminations in the living space (DOI: 10.1117/12.929201). The metal layers are vacuum-evaporated thin silver (Ag) films (around 50 nm and 200 nm, respectively), and the insulator layer (around 150 nm) is composed of magnesium fluoride (MgF2). A characteristic narrow band filtering of the MIM structure at visible region might cause a confinement of intense surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at specific monochromatic frequency inside a subwavelength insulator layer of the MIM structure. Central wavelength and depth of such absorption dip in flat spectral reflectance curve is controlled by changing thicknesses of both insulator and thinner metal layers. On the other hand, we have proposed a twin-hole pass-through wave guide for SPPs in thick Ag film (DOI: 10.1117/12.863587). At that time, the twin-hole converted a incoming plane light wave into a pair of channel plasmon polaritons (CPPs), and united them at rear surface of the Ag film. This research is having an eye to extract, guide, and focus the SPPs through a thicker metal layer of the MIM with FIBed subwavelength pass-through holes. The expected outcome is a creation of noble, monochromatic, and tunable fiber probe for scanning near-field optical microscopes (SNOMs) with intense white light sources. Basic experimental and FEM simulation results will be presented.

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Yasushi Oshikane, Kensuke Murai, and Motohiro Nakano "Extracting and focusing of surface plasmon polaritons inside finite asymmetric metal/insulator/metal structure at apex of optical fiber by subwavelength holes", Proc. SPIE 8809, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI, 880919 (18 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023833

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