Beam shaping with nanooptical devices

Jacek Pniewski; Tomasz J. Antosiewicz; Wladyslaw M. Saj; Tomasz Szoplik

doi:10.1117/12.797099

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22 April 2008 Beam shaping with nanooptical devices

Jacek Pniewski, Tomasz J. Antosiewicz, Wladyslaw M. Saj, Tomasz Szoplik

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Proceedings Volume 7008, Eighth International Conference on Correlation Optics; 70081K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797099
Event: Eighth International Conference on Correlation Optics, 2007, Chernivsti, Ukraine

Abstract

We present a review of recent achievements in nanoscale optical devices based on energy transport with surface plasmon-polaritons and localized surface plasmons. Chains of metal subwavelength-size particles and stripes are used to build straight waveguides, s-bends, y-junctions and beam shaping devices. Strong enhancement of near-field in nanogaps between particles leads to efficient light emission from such nanoantennas. Development of surface plasmon nanoptics stimulates further progress in near-field imaging. To improve resolution of scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) it is necessary to improve light throughput in tapered metal-coated SNOM probes. This is achievable due to resonant surface plasmons that propagate in corrugated probes.

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Jacek Pniewski, Tomasz J. Antosiewicz, Wladyslaw M. Saj, and Tomasz Szoplik "Beam shaping with nanooptical devices", Proc. SPIE 7008, Eighth International Conference on Correlation Optics, 70081K (22 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797099

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