Integrated Plasmon-Optic Circuits for Nanometric Sources and Sensors

Abstract

Objective 1: * To use metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel junctions (TJs) as surface plasmon polariton (SPP) generators and detectors that are integrable into efficient plasmonic circuits of sub-micron dimensions * To demonstrate many of the key building blocks that will facilitate the construction of micron-sized integrated plasmonic circuits. Methodology (for Objective 1): * Design & demonstrate nanostructured MIM tunnel junctions as efficient SPP generators (SPGs) and light emitters with > 5% electrical-to-SPP power conversion efficiency and > 1% electrical-to-optical power conversion efficiency * Design & demonstrate low-loss (< 10 dB/mm) SPP waveguides (SPWs) that are compatible for excitation by TJs (see schematic figure below) * Demonstrate high (>10 %) coupling efficiencies from optimized tunnel junctions (TJs) into optimized SPWs * Build a simple plasmonic circuit with at least one internal Y-branch

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 22, 2014
Accession Number
ADA610324

Entities

People

  • Rahul Jain

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Electro-Optics
  • Energy Bands
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Quantum Dots
  • Semiconductors
  • Surface Plasmon Polaritons
  • Surface Plasmons
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Microelectronics