Metallic nanowires for subwavelength waveguiding and nanophotonic devices

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/9/097305

Abstract Plasmonics is a rapidly developing field concerning light manipulation at the nanoscale with many potential applications, of which plasmonic circuits are promising for future information technology. Plasmonic waveguides are fundamental elements for constructing plasmonic integrated circuits. Among the proposed different plasmonic waveguides, metallic nanowires have drawn much attention due to the highly confined electromagnetic waves and relatively low propagation loss. Here we review the recent research progress in the waveguiding characteristics of metallic nanowires and nanowire-based nanophotonic devices. Plasmon modes of both cylindrical and pentagonal metallic nanowires with and without substrate are discussed. Typical methods for exciting and detecting the plasmons in metallic nanowires are briefly summarized. Because of the multimode characteristic, the plasmon propagation and emission in the nanowire have many unique properties, benefiting the design of plasmonic devices. A few nanowire-based devices are highlighted, including quarter-wave plate, Fabry-Pérot resonator, router and logic gates.

Keywords: surface plasmons waveguide circuit nanowire

Received: 12 August 2013
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PACS:	73.20.Mf	(Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))
	42.79.Gn	(Optical waveguides and couplers)
	68.65.-k	(Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties)
	78.67.Uh	(Nanowires)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB930700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11134013, 11227407 and 11004237), and the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-EW-W04).

Corresponding Authors: Xu Hong-Xing
E-mail: hxxu@iphy.ac.cn

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Pan Deng (潘登), Wei Hong (魏红), Xu Hong-Xing (徐红星) Metallic nanowires for subwavelength waveguiding and nanophotonic devices 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 097305

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