Magnetic modulation of surface plasmon modes in magnetoplasmonic metal-insulator-metal cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4917-4930

  Ferreiro Vila, E ^a   Garcia Martin J M ^a   Cebollada, A ^a   Armelles, G ^b   Gonzalez M U ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MODULATION; PLASMONS; SILVER;

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CAVITY THICKNESS; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; LAYER THICKNESS; MAGNETIC MODULATION; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; METAL INSULATOR METALS; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; PLASMONIC MODES; SPECIFIC LOCATION; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WAVE VECTOR;

MIM DEVICES;

SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874508532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004917     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. K. J. Vahala, "Optical microcavities," Nature 424(6950), 839-846 (2003).
2. A. M. Armani, R. P. Kulkarni, S. E. Fraser, R. C. Flagan, and K. J. Vahala, "Label-free, single-molecule detection with optical microcavities," Science 317(5839), 783-787 (2007).
3. S. A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, 2007).
4. H. Raether, "Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings," in Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Springer-Verlag, 1988), Vol. 111.
5. S. I. Bozhevolnyi, V. S. Volkov, E. Devaux, J. Y. Laluet, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Channel plasmon subwavelength waveguide components including interferometers and ring resonators," Nature 440(7083), 508-511 (2006).
6. B. Steinberger, A. Hohenau, H. Ditlbacher, A. L. Stepanov, A. Drezet, F. R. Aussenegg, A. Leitner, and J. R. Krenn, "Dielectric stripes on gold as surface plasmon waveguides," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88(9), 094104 (2006).
7. J.-C. Weeber, Y. Lacroute, and A. Dereux, "Optical near-field distributions of surface plasmon waveguide modes," Phys. Rev. B 68(11), 115401 (2003).
8. W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Nature 424(6950), 824-830 (2003).
9. S. A. Maier and H. A. Atwater, "Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures," J. Appl. Phys. 98(1), 011101 (2005).
10. J. Homola, "Surface plasmon resonance sensors for detection of chemical and biological species," Chem. Rev. 108(2), 462-493 (2008).
11. B. Sepúlveda, A. Calle, L. M. Lechuga, and G. Armelles, "Highly sensitive detection of biomolecules with the magneto-optic surface-plasmon-resonance sensor," Opt. Lett. 31(8), 1085-1087 (2006).
12. C. E. Talley, J. B. Jackson, C. Oubre, N. K. Grady, C. W. Hollars, S. M. Lane, T. R. Huser, P. Nordlander, and N. J. Halas, "Surface-enhanced Raman scattering from individual Au nanoparticles and nanoparticle dimer substrates," Nano Lett. 5(8), 1569-1574 (2005).
13. H. Xu, E. J. Bjerneld, M. Käll, and L. Börjesson, "Spectroscopy of single hemoglobin molecules by surface enhanced Raman scattering," Phys. Rev. Lett. 83(21), 4357-4360 (1999).
14. I. D. Rukhlenko, A. Pannipitiya, M. Premaratne, and G. P. Agrawal, "Exact dispersion relation for nonlinear plasmonic waveguides," Phys. Rev. B 84(11), 113409 (2011).
15. E. N. Economou, "Surface plasmons in thin films," Phys. Rev. 182(2), 539-554 (1969).
16. J. A. Dionne, L. A. Sweatlock, H. A. Atwater, and A. Polman, "Plasmon slot waveguides: Towards chip-scale propagation with subwavelength-scale localization," Phys. Rev. B 73(3), 035407 (2006).
17. R. Zia, M. D. Selker, P. B. Catrysse, and M. L. Brongersma, "Geometries and materials for subwavelength surface plasmon modes," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21(12), 2442-2446 (2004).
18. P. Ginzburg, D. Arbel, and M. Orenstein, "Gap plasmon polariton structure for very efficient microscale-to-nanoscale interfacing," Opt. Lett. 31(22), 3288-3290 (2006).
19. J. A. Dionne, H. J. Lezec, and H. A. Atwater, "Highly confined photon transport in subwavelength metallic slot waveguides," Nano Lett. 6(9), 1928-1932 (2006).
20. H. T. Miyazaki and Y. Kurokawa, "Squeezing visible light waves into a 3-nm-thick and 55-nm-long plasmon cavity," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(9), 097401 (2006).
21. S. A. Maier, "Effective mode volume of nanoscale plasmon cavities," Opt. Quantum Electron. 38(1-3), 257-267 (2006).
22. P. Berini, "Figures of merit for surface plasmon waveguides," Opt. Express 14(26), 13030-13042 (2006).
23. D. Pacifici, H. J. Lezec, and H. A. Atwater, "All-optical modulation by plasmonic excitation of CdSe quantum dots," Nat. Photonics 1(7), 402-406 (2007).
24. T. Nikolajsen, K. Leosson, and S. I. Bozhevolnyi, "Surface plasmon polariton based modulators and switches operating at telecom wavelengths," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85(24), 5833-5835 (2004).
25. M. J. Dicken, L. A. Sweatlock, D. Pacifici, H. J. Lezec, K. Bhattacharya, and H. A. Atwater, "Electrooptic modulation in thin film Barium Titanate plasmonic interferometers," Nano Lett. 8(11), 4048-4052 (2008).
26. J. A. Dionne, K. Diest, L. A. Sweatlock, and H. A. Atwater, "PlasMOStor: A Metal-Oxide-Si field effect plasmonic modulator," Nano Lett. 9(2), 897-902 (2009).
27. V. I. Safarov, V. A. Kosobukin, C. Hermann, G. Lampel, J. Peretti, and C. Marlière, "Magneto-optical effects enhanced by surface plasmons in metallic multilayer films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 73(26), 3584-3587 (1994).
28. C. Hermann, V. A. Kosobukin, G. Lampel, J. Peretti, V. I. Safarov, and P. Bertrand, "Surface-enhanced magneto-optics in metallic multilayer films," Phys. Rev. B 64(23), 235422 (2001).
29. J. B. González-Díaz, A. García-Martín, G. Armelles, J. M. García-Martín, C. Clavero, A. Cebollada, R. A. Lukaszew, J. R. Skuza, D. P. Kumah, and R. Clarke, "Surface-magnetoplasmon nonreciprocity effects in noble-metal/ferromagnetic heterostructures," Phys. Rev. B 76(15), 153402 (2007).
30. G. Armelles, J. B. González-Díaz, A. García- Martín, J. M. García-Martín, A. Cebollada, M. Ujué González, S. Acimovic, J. Cesario, R. Quidant, and G. Badenes, "Localized surface plasmon resonance effects on the magneto-optical activity of continuous Au/Co/Au trilayers," Opt. Express 16(20), 16104-16112 (2008).
31. V. V. Temnov, G. Armelles, U. Woggon, D. Guzatov, A. Cebollada, A. Garcia-Martin, J. M. Garcia-Martin, T. Thomay, A. Leitenstorfer, and R. Bratschitsch, "Active magneto-plasmonics in hybrid metal-ferromagnet structures," Nat. Photonics 4(2), 107-111 (2010).
32. C. Clavero, K. Yang, J. R. Skuza, and R. A. Lukaszew, "Magnetic field modulation of intense surface plasmon polaritons," Opt. Express 18(8), 7743-7752 (2010).
33. C. Clavero, K. Yang, J. R. Skuza, and R. A. Lukaszew, "Magnetic-field modulation of surface plasmon polaritons on gratings," Opt. Lett. 35(10), 1557-1559 (2010).
34. J. F. Torrado, J. B. González-Díaz, M. U. González, A. García-Martín, and G. Armelles, "Magneto-optical effects in interacting localized and propagating surface plasmon modes," Opt. Express 18(15), 15635-15642 (2010).
35. D. Martín-Becerra, J. B. González-Díaz, V. V. Temnov, A. Cebollada, G. Armelles, T. Thomay, A. Leitenstorfer, R. Bratschitsch, A. García-Martín, and M. U. González, "Enhancement of the magnetic modulation of surface plasmon polaritons in Au/Co/Au films," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97(18), 183114 (2010).
36. D. Martín-Becerra, V. V. Temnov, T. Thomay, A. Leitenstorfer, R. Bratschitsch, G. Armelles, A. García-Martín, and M. U. González, "Spectral dependence of the magnetic modulation of surface plasmon polaritons in noble/ferromagnetic/noble metal films," Phys. Rev. B 86(3), 035118 (2012).
37. E. Ferreiro Vila, X. M. Bendana Sueiro, J. B. González- Díaz, A. García-Martín, J. M. García-Martín, A. Cebollada Navarro, G. Armelles Reig, D. Meneses Rodriguez, and E. Muñoz Sandoval, "Surface plasmon resonance effects in the magneto-optical activity of Ag-Co-Ag trilayers," IEEE Trans. Magn. 44(11), 3303-3306 (2008).
38. E. Ferreiro-Vila, J. B. González-Díaz, R. Fermento, M. U. González, A. García-Martín, J. M. García- Martín, A. Cebollada, G. Armelles, D. Meneses-Rodríguez, and E. Muñoz-Sandoval, "Intertwined magneto-optical and plasmonic effects in Ag/Co/Ag layered structures," Phys. Rev. B 80(12), 125132 (2009).
39. E. Ferreiro-Vila, M. Iglesias, E. Paz, F. J. Palomares, F. Cebollada, J. M. González, G. Armelles, J. M. García-Martín, and A. Cebollada, "Magneto-optical and magnetoplasmonic properties of epitaxial and polycrystalline Au/Fe/Au trilayers," Phys. Rev. B 83(20), 205120 (2011).
40. D. Regatos, D. Fariña, A. Calle, A. Cebollada, B. Sepúlveda, G. Armelles, and L. M. Lechuga, "Au/Fe/Au multilayer transducers for magneto-optic surface plasmon resonance sensing," J. Appl. Phys. 108(5), 054502 (2010).
41. B. Sepúlveda, L. M. Lechuga, and G. Armelles, "Magnetooptic effects in surface-plasmon-polaritons slab waveguides," J. Lightwave Technol. 24(2), 945-955 (2006).
42. J. B. Khurgin, "Optical isolating action in surface plasmon polaritons," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(25), 251115 (2006).
43. Z. Yu, G. Veronis, Z. Wang, and S. Fan, "One-way electromagnetic waveguide formed at the interface between a plasmonic metal under a static magnetic field and a photonic crystal," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100(2), 023902 (2008).
44. D. Weller, G. R. Harp, R. F. C. Farrow, A. Cebollada, and J. Sticht, "Orientation dependence of the polar Kerr effect in fcc and hcp Co," Phys. Rev. Lett. 72(13), 2097-2100 (1994).