The Study of Nano Optical Antenna Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

Abstract:

The strong local property of surface plasmon polaritons can break through the diffraction limit, and reduce the propagation of corner scattering on nanoscale. The nanoantenna structure based on the plasmon resonant effect can collect the light energy effectively, and the local field enhancement effects of the structure have extensive application prospect. The field distribution and field enhancement effects of optical antenna under nanoscale are calculated with finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Several different structures of nanooptical antenna are studied, and their enhancement properties are compared in this paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 110-116)
• Pages: 3825-3830
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.110-116.3825
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Zong Heng Yuan, Dong Dong Zhu, Peng Wang
• Keywords: Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), Nanoantenna, Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)

References

[1] Wang Zenghe, Lu Chunlan, and Qian Zuping, Antenna and propagation, China machine press, (2003).

[2] C. Huang, A. Bouhelier, G. C. d. Francs, et al., Gain, detuning, and radiation patterns of nanoparticle optical antennas, Physical Review B, vol. 78, No. 15, October 2008, p.155407.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.78.155407

[3] K. B. Crozier, A. Sundaramurthy, G. S. Kino, and C.F. Quate, Optical antennas: Resonators for local field enhancement, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 94, No. 7, October 2003, p.4632–4642.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1602956

[4] J. J. Greffet, Nanoantennas for light emission, Science, vol. 308, No. 5728, June 2005, p.1561–1563.

DOI: 10.1126/science.1113355

[5] P. Muhlschlegel, H. J. Eisler, O. J. F. Martin, B. Hecht, and D. W. Pohl, Resonant optical antennas, Science, vol. 308, June 2005, p.1607–1609.

DOI: 10.1126/science.1111886

[6] D. G. Robert, J. S. Robert, and E. P. Daniel, Optical antenna: Towards a unity Efficiency near-field optical probe, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 70, No. 11, March 1997, p.1354–1356.

DOI: 10.1063/1.118577

[7] E. Cubukcu, E. A. Kort, K. B. Crozier, and F. Capasso, Plasmonic laser antenna, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, No. 9, August 2006, p.093120.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2339286

[8] Ge Debiao and Yan Yubo, Finite-Difference Time-Domain Electromagnetic Method[M], Xi' An: Xidian University Press, (2005).

[9] Kunz K S and Luebbers R J, Finite difference time domain method for electromagnetics, Florida: CRC Press, (1993).

[10] O. C. Zienkiewicz and R. L. Taylor, The Finite Element Method, Butterworth–Heinemann, (2000).

[11] Hafner C, The Generalized Multiple Multipole Technique for Computational Electromagnetics. Boston: Artech House, (1990).

[12] K. M. Ho, C. T. Chan, and C. M. Soukoulis, Existence of a Photonic gap in Periodic dielectric structures, Physical Review Letters, vol. 65, No. 25, December 1990, p.3152–3154.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.3152

[13] H. Xie, F.M. Kong, and K. Li, The electric field enhancement and resonance in optical antenna composed of Au nanoparticles, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 23, 2009, p.535–548.

DOI: 10.1163/156939309787612419

[14] Holger Fischer and Olivier J. F. Martin, Engineering the optical response of plasmon nano-antennas, Optical Society of America, (2008).

[15] Yan Haifeng, Yang Jing, Wu Xiaofei, and Zhang Jiasen, Analysis of field enhancement of resonant optical antennas [J]. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitais Pekinensis, vol. 43, No. 5, 2007, p.639–642.