Spatially localized enhancement of evanescent coupling to whispering-gallery modes at 1550 nm due to surface plasmon resonances of Au nanowires

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 979-984

  Dale, Elijah B ^a   Ganta, Deepak ^a   Yu, Deok Jin ^a   Flanders, Bret N ^b   Wicksted, James P ^a   Rosenberger, Albert T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic coupling; microresonators; nanotechnology; plasmons

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; AU NANOWIRES; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; EVANESCENT COUPLING; EVANESCENT EXCITATION; GOLD NANOWIRE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; MICRO RESONATORS; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS; TELECOMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 80051687832     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2078491     Document Type: Article

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