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Modeling of a Surface Plasmon Polariton Interferometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Victor Coello ,
Thomas Søndergaard  and
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Victor Coello*
Affiliation:
CICESE Monterrey, P. de Alba S/N Posgrado FCFM-UANL, C. P. 66450 S. N. de los Garza N. L., Mexico.
Thomas Søndergaard
Affiliation:
Micro Managed Photons A/S, Institute of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstræde 103, DK-9220 Aalborg Øst, Denmark
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Affiliation:
Micro Managed Photons A/S, Institute of Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstræde 103, DK-9220 Aalborg Øst, Denmark
*
* e-mail: vcoello@cicese.mx, Phone: +52 81 8478 0507, Fax: +52 81 8478 0508
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Abstract

We model the operation of a micro-optical interferometer for surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) that comprises an SPP beam-splitter formed by equivalent scatterers lined up and equally spaced. The numerical calculations are carried out by using a vector dipolar model for multiple SPP scattering. The SPP beam-splitter is simulated for different angles of the incident SPP beam, radii of the particles, and inter-particle distances in order to find a suitable configuration for realization of a 3dB SPP beam-splitter. The results obtained are in good agreement with experimental data available in the literature. The feasibility of fabricating an interferometer is thereby corroborated and the calculated intensity maps are found rather similar to those experimentally reported.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 797: Symposium W – Engineered Porosity for Microphotonics and Plasmonics , 2003 , W2.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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