Optical yagi-uda nanoantennas

Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-81

  Maksymov, Ivan S ^a   Staude, Isabelle ^a   Miroshnichenko, Andrey E ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

All dielectric nanoantennas; Nanoparticles; Optical nanoantennas; Plasmonics; Purcell factor; Spectral tuning; Yagi Uda antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TELEVISION ANTENNAS;

EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITIES; HIGH PERMITTIVITY DIELECTRIC; NANOPHOTONIC CIRCUITS; PLASMONICS; PURCELL FACTOR; SPECTRAL TUNING; YAGI-UDA ANTENNA DESIGN; YAGI-UDA ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84867189357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21928614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0005     Document Type: Article

References (103)

1. Bharadwaj P, Deutsch B, Novotny L. Optical antennas. Adv Opt Photon 2009;1: 438-83.
2. Novotny L, van Hulst NF. Antennas for light. Nat Photon 2011;5: 83-90.
3. Giannini V, Fernández-Domínguez AI, Heck SC, Maier SA. Plasmonic nanoantennas: Fundamentals and their use in controlling the radiative properties of nanoemitters. Chem Rev 2011;111: 3888-912.
4. Biagoni P, Huang JS, Hecht B. Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation. Rep Prog Phys 2012;75: 024402-40.
5. Schuck PJ, Fromm DP, Sundaramurthy A, Kino GS, Moerner WE. Improving the mismatch between light and nanoscale objects with gold bow-Tie nanoantennas. Phys Rev Lett 2005;94: 017402-4.
6. Gramotnev DK, Bozhevolnyi SI. Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit. Nat Photon 2010;4: 83-91.
7. This phrase is often credited to Marie-Jeanne Rose Bertin, the first celebrated fashion designer and dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette (at http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-Bertin).
8. Lerosey G. Yagi-Uda antenna shines bright. Nat Photon 2010;4: 1-2.
9. Uda S. High angle radiation of short electric waves. Pros IRE 1927;15: 377-85.
10. Sato G. A secret story about the Yagi antenna. IEEE Ant Propagat Mag 1991;33: 7-18.
11. Balanis CA. Antenna theory: Analysis and design. New Jersey, USA: Wiley Press, 2005.
12. Curto AG, Volpe G, Taminiau TH, Kreuzer MP, Quidant R, van Hulst NF. Unidirectional emission of a quantum dot coupled to a nanoantenna. Science 2010;329: 930-3.
13. Kosako T, Kadoya Y, Hofmann HF. Directional control of light by a nano-optical Yagi-Uda antenna. Nat Photonics 2010;4: 312-5.
14. Dregely D, Taubert R, Dorfmüller J, Vogelgesang R, Kern K, Giessen H. 3D optical Yagi-Uda nanoantenna array. Nat Commun 2011;2: 267-7.
15. Dorfmüller J, Dregely D, Esslinger M, Khunsin W, Vogelgesang R, Kern K, Giessen H. Near-field dynamics of optical Yagi-Uda nanoantennas. Nano Lett 2011;11: 2819-24.
16. Johnson PB, Christy RW. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals. Phys Rev B 1072;6: 4370-9.
17. Novotny L. Effective wavelength scaling for optical antennas. Phys Rev Lett 2007;98: 266802-4.
18. Hofmann HF, Kozako T, Kadoya Y. Design parameters for a nano-optical Yagi-Uda antenna. New J Phys 2007;9: (paper no. 217) 12 pages.
19. Shields AJ. Semiconductor quantum light sources. Nature Photon 2007;1: 215-23.
20. Castelletto S, Aharonovich I, Gibson BC, Johnson BC, Prawer S. Imaging and quantum-efficiency measurement of chromium emitters in diamond. Phys Rev Lett 2010;105: 217403-4.
21. Vahala KJ. Optical microcavities. Nature 2003;424: 839-46.
22. Koenderink AF. Plasmon nanoparticle array waveguides for single photon and single plasmon sources. Nano Lett 2009;9: 4228-33.
23. Bouwmeester D, Ekert AK, Zeilinger A. The physics of quantum information. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2000.
24. Pakizeh T, Käll M. Unidirectional ultracompact optical nanoantennas. Nano Lett 2009;9: 2343-9.
25. Devilez A, Stout B, Bonod N. Compact metallo-dielectric optical antenna for ultra-directional and enhanced radiative emission. ACS Nano 2010;4: 3390-6.
26. Bonod N, Devilez A, Rolly B, Bidault S, Stout B. Ultracompact and unidirectional metallic antennas. Phys Rev B 2010;82: 115429-6.
27. Stout B, Devilez A, Rolly B, Bonod N. Multipole methods for nano-Antennas design: Applications to Yagi-Uda configurations. J Opt Soc Am B 2011;28: 1213-23.
28. Esteban R, Teperik TV, Greffet JJ. Optical patch antennas for single photon emission using surface plasmon resonances. Phys Rev Lett 2010;104: 026802-4.
29. Pellegrini G, Mattei G, Mazzoldi P. Tunable, directional and wavelength selective plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. Nanotechnology 2009;20: 065201-5.
30. Pellegrini G, Mattei G, Mazzoldi P. Nanoantenna array for large-Area emission enhancement. J Phys Chem C 2011;115: 24662-5.
31. Krasnok AE, Miroshnichenko AE, Belov PA, Kivshar YuS. Huygens optical elements and Yagi-Uda nanoantennas based on dielectric nanoparticles. JETP Letters 2011;94: 593-8.
32. Kishk AA. Directive Yagi-Uda dielectric resonator antennas. Microwave Opt Techn Lett 2005;44: 451-3.
33. Palik ED. Handbook of optical constants of solids. New York, USA; Academic Press, 1985.
34. Evlyukhin AB, Reinhardt C, Seidel A, Lukyanchuk BS, Chichkov BN. Optical response features of Si-nanoparticle arrays. Phys Rev B 2010;82: 045404-12.
35. Simovski C, Luukkonen O. Tapered plasmonic waveguides with efficient and broadband light transmission. Opt Commun 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2012.01.040.
36. Boriskina SV, Dal Negro L. Multiple-wavelength plasmonic nanoantennas. Opt Lett 2010;35: 538-40.
37. Alù A, Engheta N. Tuning the scattering response of optical nanoantennas with nanocircuit loads. Nat Photon 2008;2: 307-10.
38. Sengupta DL. On uniform and linearly tapered long Yagi antennas. IRE Trans Antennas and Propagat 1960;8: 11-17.
39. Stockman MI. Nanofocusing of optical energy in tapered plasmonic waveguides. Phys Rev Lett 2004;93: 137404-4.
40. Rockstuhl C, Simovski CR, Tretyakov SA, Lederer F. Metamaterial nanotips. Appl Phys Lett 2009;94: 113110-3.
41. Davoyan AR, Shadrirov IV, Kivshar YuS, Gramotnev DK. Optimal tapers for compensating losses in plasmonic waveguides. Phys Status Solidi RRL 2010;4: 277-9.
42. Maksymov IS, Staude I, Miroshnichenko AE, Decker M, Tan HH, Neshev DN, Jagadish C, Kivshar YuS. Arrayed nanoantennas for efficient broadband unidirectional emission enhancement. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2012, paper QM4H.5.
43. Maksymov IS, Davoyan AR, Kivshar YuS. Enhanced emission and light control with tapered plasmonic nanoantennas. Appl Phys Lett 2011;99: 083304-3.
44. Maksymov IS, Davoyan AR, Miroshnichenko AE, Simovski C, Belov P, Kivshar YuS. Multifrequency tapered plasmonic nanoantennas. Opt Commun 2012;285: 821-4.
45. Miroshnichenko AE, Maksymov IS, Davoyan AR, Simovski C, Belov P, Kivshar YuS. An arrayed nanoantenna for broadband light emission and detection. Phys Status Solidi RRL 2011;9: 347-9.
46. Gonzalez F, Boreman GD. Comparison of dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antennas. Infrared Phys Tech 2005;46: 418-28.
47. Pavlov RS. Log-periodic optical antennas. MSc Thesis, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
48. Pavlov R, Curto AG, van Hulst NF. Log-periodic optical antennas with broadband directivity. Opt Commun 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2012.04.010.
49. Navarro-Cia M, Maier SA. Broad-band near-infrared plasmonic nanoantennas for higher harmonic generation. ACS Nano 2012;6: 3537-44.
50. Abb M, Albella P, Aizpurua J, Muskens OL. All-optical control of a single plasmonic nanoantenna-ITO hybrid. Nano Lett 2011;11: 2457-63.
51. Shegai T, Chen S, Milkovi ć V, Zengin G, Johansson P, Käll M. A bimetallic nanoantenna for directional colour routing. Nat Commun 2011;2: 481-6.
52. Maksymov IS, Miroshnichenko AE. Active control over nanofocusing with nanorod plasmonic antennas. Opt Express 2011;19: 5888-94.
53. Alaverdyan Y, Vamivakas N, Barnes J, Lebouteiller C, Hare J, Atatüre M. Spectral tunability of a plasmonic antenna with a dielectric nanocrystal. Opt Express 2011;19: 18175-81.
54. Large N, Abb M, Aizpurua J, Muskens OL. Photoconductively loaded plasmonic nanoantenna as building block for ultracompact optical switches. Nano Lett 2010;10: 1741-6.
55. Farahani JN, Pohl DW, Eisler HJ, Hecht B. Single quantum dot coupled to a scanning optical antenna: A tunable superemitter. Phys Rev Lett 2005;95: 017402-4.
56. Huang F, Baumberg JJ. Actively tuned plasmons on elastometrically driven Au nanoparticle dimers. Nano Lett 2010;10: 1787-92.
57. Ziolkowski RW, Erentok A. Metamaterial-based efficient electrically small antennas. IEEE Trans Antennas Propag 2008;54: 2113-30.
58. Sussman-Fort SE, Rudish RM. Non-foster impedance matching of electrically-small antennas. IEEE Trans Antennas Propag 2009;57: 2230-41.
59. Engheta N, Salandrino A, Alú A. Circuit elements at optical frequencies: Nanoinductors, nanocapacitors, and nanoresistors. Phys Rev Lett 2005;95: 095504-4.
60. Engheta N. Circuits with light at nanoscales: Optical nanocircuits inspired by metamaterials. Science 2007;317: 1698-702.
61. 2 phase transition. Nano Lett 2010;10: 2064-8.
62. Ou JY, Plum E, Jiang L, Zheludev NI. Reconfigurable photonic metamaterials. Nano Lett 2011;11: 2142-4.
63. Nikolaenko AE, de Angelis F, Boden SA, Papasimakis N, Ashburn P, di Fabrizio E, Zheludev NI. Carbon nanotubes in a photonic metamaterial. Phys Rev Lett 2010;104: 153902-4.
64. Kossyrev PA, Yin A, Cloutier SG, Cardimona DA, Huang D, Asling PM, Xu JM. Electric field tuning of plasmonic response of nanodot array in liquid crystal matrix. Nano Lett 2005;5: 1978-81.
65. Berthelot J, Bouhelier A, Huang C, Margueritat J, Colasdes-Francs G, Finot E, Weeber J-C, Dereux A, Kostcheev S, Ahrach H, Ibn El, Baudrion A-L, Plain J, Bachelot R, Royer P, Wiederrecht GP. Tuning of an optical dimer nanoantenna by electrically controlling its load impedance. Nano Lett 2009;9: 3914-21.
66. De Angelis C, Locatelli A, Modotto D, Boscolo S, Midrio M, Capobianco AD. Frequency addressing of nano-objects by electrical tuning of optical antennas. J Opt Soc Am B 2011;27: 997-1001.
67. Maksymov IS, Miroshnicheko AE, Kivshar YuS. Actively tunable optical Yagi-Uda nanoantenna with bistable emission characteristics. Opt Express 2012;20: 8929-38.
68. Miroshnichenko AE, Flach S, Kivshar YuS. Fano resonances in nanoscale structures. Rev Mod Physics 2010;82: 2257-98.
69. Huang J-S, Kern J, Geisler P, Weinmann P, Kamp M, Forchel A, Biagioni P, Hecht B. Mode imaging and selection in strongly coupled nanoantennas. Nano Lett 2010;10: 2105-10.
70. Boltasseva A. Plasmonic components fabrication via nanoimprint. J Opt A: Pure Appl Opt 2009;11: 114001-11.
71. Aksu S, Yanik AA, Adato R, Artar A, Huang M, Altug H. High-Throughput nanofabrication of infrared plasmonic nanoantenna arrays for vibrational nanospectroscopy. Nano Lett 2010;10: 2511-8.
72. Chen H-Y, He C-L, Wang C-Y, Lin M-H, Mitsui D, Eguchi M, Teranishi T, Gwo S. Far-field optical imaging of a linear array of coupled gold nanocubes: Direct visualization of dark plasmon propagating modes. ACS Nano 2011;5: 8223-9.
73. Yang S-C, Kobori H, He C-L, Lin M-H, Chen H-Y, Li C, Kanehara M, Teranishi T, Gwo S. Plasmon hybridization in individual gold nanocrystal dimers: Direct observation of bright and dark modes. Nano Lett 2010;10: 632-7.
74. Merlein J, Kahl M, Zuschlag A, Sell A, Halm A, Boneberg J, Leiderer P, Leitenstorfer A, Bratchitsch R. Nanomechanical control of an optical antenna. Nature Photon 2008;2: 230-3.
75. Schietinger S, Barth M, Aichele T, Benson O. Plasmonenhanced single photon emission from a nanoassembled metal-diamond hybrid structure at room temperature. Nano Lett 2009;9: 1694-8.
76. Lieb MA, Zavislan JM, Novotny L. Single-molecule orientations determined by direct emission pattern imaging. J Opt Soc Am B 2004;21: 1210-5.
77. Coenen T, Vesseur EJR, Polman A, Koenderink AF. Directional emission from plasmonic Yagi-Uda antennas probed by angle-resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Nano Lett 2011;11: 3779-84.
78. Chu MW, Myroshnychenko V, Chen CH, Deng JP, Mou CY, García de Abajo FJ. Probing bright and dark surface-plasmon modes in individual and coupled noble metal nanoparticles using an electron beam. Nano Lett 2009;9: 399-404.
79. Alù A, Engheta N. Wireless at the Nanoscale: Optical interconnects using matched nanoantennas. Phys Rev Lett 2010;104: 213902-4.
80. Novotny L. From near-field optics to optical antennas. Physics Today 2011;64: 47-52.
81. Gibbs HM. Optical bistability: Controlling light with light. Orlando, USA, Academic Press, 1985.
82. Chen PY, Alù A. Optical nanoantenna arrays loaded with nonlinear materials. Phys Rev B 2010;82: 235405-10.
83. Zhou F, Liu Y, Li Z-Y, Xia Y. Analytical model for optical bistability in non-linear metal nano-Antennae involving Kerr materials. Opt Express 2010;13: 13337-44.
84. Taminiau TH, Stefani FD, Segerink FB, Van Hulst NF. Optical antennas direct single-molecule emission. Nat Photon 2008;2: 234-7.
85. De Angelis F, Patrini M, Das G, Maksymov IS, Galli M, Businaro L, Andreani LC, and di Fabrizio E. Nanoscale chemical mapping using three-dimensional adiabatic compression of surface plasmon polaritons. Nano Lett 2008;8: 2321-7.
86. De Angelis F, Das G, Candeloro P, Patrini M, Galli M, Bek A, Lazzarino M, Maksymov IS, Liberale C, Andreani LC, di Fabrizio E. Nanoscale chemical mapping using three-dimensional adiabatic compression of surface plasmon polaritons. Nat Nanotechnol 2010;5: 67-72.
87. Schumacher T, Kratzer K, Molnar D, Hentschel M, Giessen H, Lippitz M. Nanoantenna-enhanced ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of a single gold nanoparticle. Nat Commun 2011;2: 333-5.
88. Li J, Salandrino A, Engheta N. Optical spectrometer at the nanoscale using optical Yagi-Uda nanoantennas. Phys Rev B 2009;79: 195104-5.
89. Li J, Salandrino A, Engheta N. Shaping light beams in the nanometer scale: A Yagi-Uda nanoantenna in the optical domain. Phys Rev B 2007;76: 245403-7.
90. Atwater HA, Polman A. Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices. Nat Mater 2010;9: 205-13.
91. Chen CJ, Osgood RM. Direct observation of the local-field-enhanced surface photochemical-reactions. Phys Rev Lett 1983;50: 1705-8.
92. Zhang WH, Huang LN, Santschi C, Martin OJF. Trapping and sensing 10 nm metal nanoparticles using plasmonic dipole antennas. Nano Lett 2010;10: 1006-11.
93. Aimovi SS, Kreuzer MP, Conzález MU, Quidant R. Plasmon near-field coupling in metal dimers as a step toward single-molecule sensing. ACS Nano 2009;3: 1231-7.
94. Adato R, Yanik AA, Amsden JJ, Kaplan DL, Omenetto FG, Hong MK, Erramilli S, Altug H. Ultra-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy of protein monolayers with plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2009;106: 19227-32.
95. Hao F, Nordlander P, Sonnefraud Y, Van Dorpe P, Maier SA. Tunability of subradiant dipolar and Fano-Type plasmon resonances in metallic ring/disk cavities: Implications for nanoscale optical sensing. ACS Nano 2009;3: 643-52.
96. Khalavka Y, Becker J, Sönnichsen C. Synthesis of rod-shaped gold nanorattles with improved plasmon sensitivity and catalytic activity. J Am Chem Soc 2009;131: 1871-5.
97. Liu N, Tang ML, Hentschel M, Giessen H, Alivisatos AP. Nanoantenna-enhanced gas sensing in a single tailored nanofocus. Nat Mater 2011;10: 631-6.
98. Maksymov IS, Miroshnichenko AE, Kivshar YuS. Tunable Yagi-Uda-Type plasmonic nanoantennas: Implications for nanoscale optical sensing. Proc SPIE 2012;8351: 835107-7.
99. Tittl A, Kremers C, Dorfmüller J, Chigrin DN, Giessen H. Spectral shifts in optical nanoantenna-enhanced hydrogen sensors. Opt Mater Express 2012;2: 111-8.
100. Dousse A, Suffczyński J, Beveratos A, Krebs O, Lemaïtre A, Sagnes I, Bloch J, Voisin P, Senellart P. Ultrabright source of entangled photon pairs. Nature 2010;466: 217-20.
101. Veselago VG. The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of e and μ. Soviet Physics Uspekhi 1968;10: 509-14.
102. Yu N, Genevet P, Kats MA, Aieta F, Tetienne JP, Capasso F, Gaburro Z. Light propagation with phase discontinuities: Generalized laws of refl ection and refraction. Science 2011;334: 333-7.
103. Ni X, Emani NK, Kildishev AV, Boltasseva A, Shalaev VM. Broadband light bending with plasmonic nanoantennas. Science 2012;335: 427.