Optimized design of metal-coated optical fiber tips with embedded plasmonic slot nano-resonators for maximum field enhancement
Optimized design of metal-coated optical fiber tips with embedded plasmonic slot nano-resonators for maximum field enhancement
The integration of Plasmonic Nano-Resonators (PNRs) to optical fibers tips with thin metallic claddings forming plasmonic slot nano-resonators (PSNRs) is presented. It is shown that the placement of the PSNR at the cut-off radius of the fiber tip for a specific wavelength where the group velocity tends to zero and light slows down leads to an optimization of field's enhancement. Enhancement factors greater than 3x105 were calculated through Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations by placing the PSNR at the cut-off radius and by changing the geometrical characteristics in order to identify optimal conditions for loss minimization that can find many practical applications in nano-optics and sensing.
Petropoulou, A.
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Zervas, M.N.
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Riziotis, C.
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4 November 2016
Petropoulou, A.
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Zervas, M.N.
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Riziotis, C.
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Petropoulou, A., Zervas, M.N. and Riziotis, C.
(2016)
Optimized design of metal-coated optical fiber tips with embedded plasmonic slot nano-resonators for maximum field enhancement.
Proceedings of SPIE, 10027.
(doi:10.1117/12.2246496).
Abstract
The integration of Plasmonic Nano-Resonators (PNRs) to optical fibers tips with thin metallic claddings forming plasmonic slot nano-resonators (PSNRs) is presented. It is shown that the placement of the PSNR at the cut-off radius of the fiber tip for a specific wavelength where the group velocity tends to zero and light slows down leads to an optimization of field's enhancement. Enhancement factors greater than 3x105 were calculated through Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations by placing the PSNR at the cut-off radius and by changing the geometrical characteristics in order to identify optimal conditions for loss minimization that can find many practical applications in nano-optics and sensing.
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Optimized design of metal-coated optical fiber tips
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 July 2016
Published date: 4 November 2016
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Post-deadline 10027
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Conference on NanoPhotonics and Micro/Nano Optics III, , Beijing PRC, 2016-10-12 - 2016-10-14
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Local EPrints ID: 442470
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442470
ISSN: 0277-786X
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