Efficient Excitation of Channel Plasmons in Tailored, UV-Lithography-Defined V-Grooves

Cameron L. C. Smith; Anil Haraksingh Thilsted; Cesar E. Garcia-Ortiz; Ilya P. Radko; Rodolphe  Marie; Claus Jeppesen; Christoph Vannahme; Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi; Anders Kristensen

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Efficient Excitation of Channel Plasmons in Tailored, UV-Lithography-Defined V-Grooves

Cameron L. C. Smith
, Anil Haraksingh Thilsted
, Cesar E. Garcia-Ortiz
, Ilya P. Radko
, Rodolphe Marie
, Claus Jeppesen
, Christoph Vannahme
, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
, Anders Kristensen

University of Southern Denmark

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Abstract

We demonstrate the highly efficient (>50%) conversion of freely propagating light to channel plasmon-polaritons (CPPs) in gold V-groove waveguides using compact 1.6 μm long waveguide-termination coupling mirrors. Our straightforward fabrication process, involving UV-lithography and crystallographic silicon etching, forms the coupling mirrors innately and ensures exceptional-quality, wafer-scale device production. We tailor the V-shaped profiles by thermal silicon oxidation in order to shift initially wedge-located modes downward into the V-grooves, resulting in well-confined CPPs suitable for nanophotonic applications.

Original language	English
Journal	International Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	1659-1664
ISSN	1530-6992
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl5002058
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Channel plasmon polariton
V-groove
Termination mirror
Plasmonic coupler
UV lithography

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Efficient Excitation of Channel Plasmons in Tailored, UV-Lithography-Defined V-Grooves

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