Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3270530
Keywords
integrated optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; plasmonics; silver; surface plasmons
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Funding
- National Basic Research Programme of China [2009CB929600, 2006CB921900]
- Innovation funds from Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10604052, 10874163, 10904137]
- Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation [090412053]
- Science and Technological Fund of Anhui Province for Outstanding Youth [2009SQRZ001ZD]
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We report the coupling of photons from an optical fiber taper to surface plasmon modes of silver nanowires. The coupling efficiency can be modulated by adjusting the cross angle and the polarization of the input light. The launch of propagating plasmons can be realized not only at ends of the nanowires but also at the midsection. In addition, we present the coupling of light into multiple nanowires from a single optical fiber taper simultaneously. Our demonstration offers an efficient method for optimizing plasmon coupling into nanoscale metallic waveguides and promotes the realization of highly integrated plasmonic devices.
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