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
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 22, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA610324
Entities
People
- Rahul Jain
Organizations
- University of New Mexico