Optical reflectivity of asymmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric planar structures

Stephen P. Frisbie; Ananth Krishnan; Xiaoyan Xu; Luis Grave de Peralta; Sergey A. Nikishin; Mark W. Holtz; Ayrton A. Bernussi

doi:10.1109/JLT.2008.2009886

Optical reflectivity of asymmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric planar structures

Stephen P. Frisbie, Ananth Krishnan, Xiaoyan Xu, Luis Grave de Peralta, Sergey A. Nikishin, Mark W. Holtz, Ayrton A. Bernussi

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We report simulations and experimental results on the incidence-angle dependence of the optical reflectivity of asymmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric planar structures. Transfer-matrix method and 2-D finite-element analysis revealed the presence of multiple resonances that were attributed to the surface plasmon (SP) polariton mode at the metal-dielectric interfaces and guided-wave polariton modes within the asymmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric waveguide. The number of guided-wave polariton resonances scale with the thickness of the dielectric guiding layer while the SP resonance remained essentially unaltered. These findings were validated through reflectivity measurements on sapphire-metal-polymer structures.

Original language	English
Article number	4815500
Pages (from-to)	2964-2969
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	27
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2008.2009886
State	Published - Aug 1 2009

Keywords

Metal-insulator structures
Optical waveguides
Plasmon

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Optical reflectivity of asymmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric planar structures

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