Surface plasmon polariton waveguides with subwavelength confinement

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/9/094216

Abstract

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are evanescent waves propagating along metal-dielectric interfaces, which provide an effective way to realize optical wave guiding with subwavelength confinement. Metallic nanostructures supporting SPPs, that is, plasmonic waveguides, are considered as required components to construct nanophotonic devices and circuits with a high degree of miniaturization and integration. In this paper, various types of plasmonic waveguides operating in the visible, infrared, and terahertz regions are reviewed, and the status of the research on their fundamentals, fabrications, and applications is provided as well. First, we discuss the mechanisms of SPPs beyond the diffraction limit, and their launching methods. Then, the characteristics of SPPs on various plasmonic waveguides are reviewed, including top-down and bottom-up fabricated types. Considering applications, certain prototypes of plasmonic devices and circuits constructed by plasmonic waveguides for bio/chemo sensing, router, and light modulation are demonstrated. Finally, a summary and future outlook of plasmonic waveguides are given.

Keywords: waveguides surface plasmon polaritons dispersion relations nanowires

Received: 22 May 2018
Revised: 28 August 2018
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PACS:	42.79.Gn	(Optical waveguides and couplers)
	73.20.Mf	(Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))
	11.55.Fv	(Dispersion relations)
	78.67.Uh	(Nanowires)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11704266 and 11774245), the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, China (Grant No. 151010), the Scientific Research Base Development Program of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, China, the General Foundation of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, China (Grant No. KM201810028006), and the Training Program of the Major Research Plan of Capital Normal University, China.

Corresponding Authors: Zhipeng Li
E-mail: zpli@cnu.edu.cn

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Longkun Yang(杨龙坤), Pan Li(李盼), Hancong Wang(汪涵聪), Zhipeng Li(李志鹏) Surface plasmon polariton waveguides with subwavelength confinement 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 094216

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