Abstract
A study on propagating surface plasmons (SPs) in a silver nanowire excited through near-field coupling is reported. The raster scan capability enables us to investigate the coupling efficiency of near-field radiation into propagating SPs with nanometer precision. This study is of critical importance to the design of interconnects between nanowires in integrated plasmonic or hybrid photonic-plasmonic nanocircuits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2641-2646 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Small |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Sep 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ag nanowires
- near-field coupling
- near-field scanning microscopy
- plasmonics
- surface plasmon propagation