Surface plasmon polariton waveguides with subwavelength confinement*

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.

Yang Longkun1, Li Pan1, Wang Hancong2, Li Zhipeng1, †
       

(color online) (a) Referred coordinates. The wavevector and polarization of the excitation light are represented by the red arrows. The N.A. corresponds to the opening angles of the collection cone. The emission from the wire end is collected by an objective. (b) Calculated emission intensity as a function of angles ϕ and θ. The inset shows the corresponding angular distribution on the integration sphere, reproduced from Ref. [38].