Effective Energy Coupling and Preservation in a Surface Plasmon-Light Emitter Coupling System on a Metal Nanostructure
Journal
Nanotechnology
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
13
Date Issued
2009-04
Author(s)
Chang-Wei Shen
Jyh-Yang Wang
Wen-Hung Chuang
Hung-Lu Chen
Yen-Cheng Lu
Yean-Woei Kiang
C. C. Yang
Yin-Jay Yang
Abstract
The simulation results of the coupling of a radiation dipole with a surface plasmon (SP), which is induced on a metal/dielectric interface of a single groove (SG) plus a grating structure, are demonstrated. With the SG structure, the dipole can effectively couple energy into an SP feature, which has a mixed nature of localized surface plasmon (LSP) and surface plasmon polariton (SPP). The SPP energy is confined by a grating structure with a well designed grating period and position. With such a cavity configuration, the SPP energy can be well preserved. Both the dipole-SP coupling behaviors in the frequency and time domains are numerically illustrated. The results are useful for designing a metal/dielectric interface nanostructure for implementing a SPASER (surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) system. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Other Subjects
Cavity configurations; Coupling systems; Effective energies; Frequency and time domains; Grating periods; Grating structures; Light emitters; Localized surface plasmons; Metal nanostructures; Simulation results; Single grooves; Surface plasmon-polariton; Surface plasmons; Amplification; Density (specific gravity); Nanostructures; Plasmons; Surface plasmon resonance; metal; nanomaterial; article; dipole; electric potential; energy; energy conservation; energy transfer; light emitting diode; preservation; priority journal; radiation; surface plasmon resonance; algorithm; computer simulation; instrumentation; methodology; thermodynamics; Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Nanostructures; Surface Plasmon Resonance; Thermodynamics
Type
journal article